Erdgeschoss: der, die or das?
dasErdgeschoss
Ground floor
Short answer: Erdgeschoss takes the article das (das Erdgeschoss). It’s a neuter noun (German: neutral) and means “ground floor” in English.
Erdgeschoss: word facts
- Article
- das
- Gender
- neutral (neuter)
- English
- Ground floor
- Topic
- Home and daily life
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Erdgeschoss take das?
No suffix rule covers Erdgeschoss, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, das words are green. Picture Erdgeschoss as something green.
See the article rules →Erdgeschoss in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | das Erdgeschoss |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | das Erdgeschoss |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Erdgeschoss |
