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