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