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