Short answer: Hauptstadt takes the article die (die Hauptstadt). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “capital” in English.
Hauptstadt: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Capital
- Topic
- Travel
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Hauptstadt take die?
Hauptstadt is a compound noun. In compounds, the last part decides the article: die Stadt → die Hauptstadt.
See the article rules →Hauptstadt in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Hauptstadt |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Hauptstadt |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Hauptstadt |
More words ending in -stadt
They all take die, because the last part decides the article.
