Skip to content
Yupo

Vorfahrt: der, die or das?

dieVorfahrt

Right of way

feminin · feminineTravelLevel: Intermediate

Short answer: Vorfahrt takes the article die (die Vorfahrt). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “right of way” in English.

Vorfahrt: word facts

Article
die
Gender
feminin (feminine)
English
Right of way
Topic
Travel
Yupo level
Intermediate

Check a dictionary

You can also check the article in independent German dictionaries:

Last updated: · Method

Why does Vorfahrt take die?

No suffix rule covers Vorfahrt, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, die words are red. Picture Vorfahrt as something red.

See the article rules →

Vorfahrt in the accusative and dative

Singular, with the definite article

Nominativsubject: who? what?die Vorfahrt
Akkusativdirect object: whom? what?die Vorfahrt
Dativindirect object: to whom?der Vorfahrt

Test yourself: Travel

1 / 5

Umleitung

Detour

More words about travel

All →

die Vorfahrt and 3,078 more words

In Yupo, every word comes with its article: hear it, say it, type it. The words you get wrong go into their own list. Start for free.

Yupo the rabbit waving