Der, die or das Transport?
der Transport
- Gender
- masculine
- English
- transportation
- Plural
- die Transporte
Why is it der Transport?
No ending or meaning rule gives away the gender of Transport. Like many everyday German nouns, it has to be learned together with its article: der Transport.
For the endings that do predict gender, see the Der-Die-Das rules guide.
Example sentences
- Der Transport der Waren dauert drei Tage.The transport of the goods takes three days.
- Wir organisieren einen Transport zum Flughafen.We are arranging transport to the airport.
Transport in the four cases
The article changes with the case. The highlighted column shows the forms to use with Transport: definite article first, then the indefinite article.
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | der / ein | die / eine | das / ein | die |
| Accusative | den / einen | die / eine | das / ein | die |
| Dative | dem / einem | der / einer | dem / einem | den |
| Genitive | des / eines | der / einer | des / eines | der |
Transport is one of about 1,700 common nouns in the free Der-Die-Das trainer. Short daily rounds with spaced repetition make the article stick.