Short answer: U-Bahn takes the article die (die U-Bahn). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “metro” in English.
U-Bahn: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Metro
- Topic
- Travel
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does U-Bahn take die?
No suffix rule covers U-Bahn, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, die words are red. Picture U-Bahn as something red.
See the article rules →Remember it by color
In Yupo, die words are red. Picture U-Bahn as something red.
Always say and write the word with its article: not “U-Bahn” but “die U-Bahn”.
