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