What does Verbrennungsmotor mean in English?

In English, der Verbrennungsmotor means “combustion engine”.

What are the accusative and dative forms of Verbrennungsmotor?

Nominative: der Verbrennungsmotor. Accusative: den Verbrennungsmotor. Dative: dem Verbrennungsmotor.

Verbrennungsmotor: der, die or das?

derVerbrennungsmotor

Combustion engine

maskulin · masculineCity and transportLevel: Advanced

Short answer: Verbrennungsmotor takes the article der (der Verbrennungsmotor). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “combustion engine” in English.

Verbrennungsmotor: word facts

Article: der
Gender: maskulin (masculine)
English: Combustion engine
Topic: City and transport
Yupo level: Advanced

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Why does Verbrennungsmotor take der?

Nouns ending in -or usually take der. In Yupo’s list, 25 of 26 such words take der (96%).

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Verbrennungsmotor in the accusative and dative

Singular, with the definite article

Nominativsubject: who? what?	der Verbrennungsmotor
Akkusativdirect object: whom? what?	den Verbrennungsmotor
Dativindirect object: to whom?	dem Verbrennungsmotor