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