Antiquitätenladen: der, die or das?
derAntiquitätenladen
Antique shop
Short answer: Antiquitätenladen takes the article der (der Antiquitätenladen). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “antique shop” in English.
Antiquitätenladen: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Antique shop
- Topic
- Shopping and money
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Antiquitätenladen take der?
Antiquitätenladen is a compound noun. In compounds, the last part decides the article: der Laden → der Antiquitätenladen.
See the article rules →Antiquitätenladen in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | der Antiquitätenladen |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | den Antiquitätenladen |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Antiquitätenladen |
More words ending in -laden
They all take der, because the last part decides the article.
