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