Short answer: Bauwerk takes the article das (das Bauwerk). It’s a neuter noun (German: neutral) and means “structure” in English.
Bauwerk: word facts
- Article
- das
- Gender
- neutral (neuter)
- English
- Structure
- Topic
- Culture and arts
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Bauwerk take das?
No suffix rule covers Bauwerk, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, das words are green. Picture Bauwerk as something green.
See the article rules →Bauwerk in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | das Bauwerk |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | das Bauwerk |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Bauwerk |
