What does Wasserbehälter mean in English?

In English, der Wasserbehälter means “water tank”.

What are the accusative and dative forms of Wasserbehälter?

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

Wasserbehälter: der, die or das?

derWasserbehälter

Water tank

maskulin · masculineNature and the outdoorsLevel: Advanced

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

Wasserbehälter: word facts

Article: der
Gender: maskulin (masculine)
English: Water tank
Topic: Nature and the outdoors
Yupo level: Advanced

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Why does Wasserbehälter take der?

Nouns ending in -er usually take der. In Yupo’s list, 179 of 221 such words take der (80%).

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Wasserbehälter in the accusative and dative

Singular, with the definite article

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