Gartenstuhl: der, die or das?
derGartenstuhl
Garden chair
Short answer: Gartenstuhl takes the article der (der Gartenstuhl). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “garden chair” in English.
Gartenstuhl: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Garden chair
- Topic
- Home and daily life
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Gartenstuhl take der?
Gartenstuhl is a compound noun. In compounds, the last part decides the article: der Stuhl → der Gartenstuhl.
See the article rules →Gartenstuhl in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | der Gartenstuhl |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | den Gartenstuhl |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Gartenstuhl |
More words ending in -stuhl
They all take der, because the last part decides the article.

