Short answer: Terminal takes the article das (das Terminal). It’s a neuter noun (German: neutral) and means “terminal” in English.
Terminal: word facts
- Article
- das
- Gender
- neutral (neuter)
- English
- Terminal
- Topic
- Travel
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Terminal take das?
No suffix rule covers Terminal, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, das words are green. Picture Terminal as something green.
See the article rules →Terminal in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | das Terminal |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | das Terminal |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Terminal |
