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