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