Amphitheater: der, die or das?
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Amphitheatre
Short answer: Amphitheater takes the article das (das Amphitheater). It’s a neuter noun (German: neutral) and means “amphitheatre” in English.
Amphitheater: word facts
- Article
- das
- Gender
- neutral (neuter)
- English
- Amphitheatre
- Topic
- Culture and arts
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Amphitheater take das?
Amphitheater is a compound noun. In compounds, the last part decides the article: das Theater → das Amphitheater.
See the article rules →Amphitheater in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | das Amphitheater |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | das Amphitheater |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Amphitheater |
More words ending in -theater
They all take das, because the last part decides the article.
