Short answer: Bahnticket takes the article das (das Bahnticket). It’s a neuter noun (German: neutral) and means “train ticket” in English.
Bahnticket: word facts
- Article
- das
- Gender
- neutral (neuter)
- English
- Train ticket
- Topic
- Travel
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Bahnticket take das?
Bahnticket is a compound noun. In compounds, the last part decides the article: das Ticket → das Bahnticket.
See the article rules →Bahnticket in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | das Bahnticket |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | das Bahnticket |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Bahnticket |
More words ending in -ticket
They all take das, because the last part decides the article.

