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