Haustür: der, die or das?
dieHaustür
Front door
Short answer: Haustür takes the article die (die Haustür). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “front door” in English.
Haustür: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Front door
- Topic
- Home and daily life
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Haustür take die?
Haustür is a compound noun. In compounds, the last part decides the article: die Tür → die Haustür.
See the article rules →Haustür in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Haustür |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Haustür |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Haustür |
More words ending in -tür
They all take die, because the last part decides the article.
