Fachgeschäft: der, die or das?
dasFachgeschäft
Specialty store
Short answer: Fachgeschäft takes the article das (das Fachgeschäft). It’s a neuter noun (German: neutral) and means “specialty store” in English.
Fachgeschäft: word facts
- Article
- das
- Gender
- neutral (neuter)
- English
- Specialty store
- Topic
- Shopping and money
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Fachgeschäft take das?
Fachgeschäft is a compound noun. In compounds, the last part decides the article: das Geschäft → das Fachgeschäft.
See the article rules →Fachgeschäft in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | das Fachgeschäft |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | das Fachgeschäft |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Fachgeschäft |
More words ending in -geschäft
They all take das, because the last part decides the article.
