What does Heimatmuseum mean in English?

In English, das Heimatmuseum means “museum of local history”.

What are the accusative and dative forms of Heimatmuseum?

Nominative: das Heimatmuseum. Accusative: das Heimatmuseum. Dative: dem Heimatmuseum.

Heimatmuseum: der, die or das?

dasHeimatmuseum

Museum of local history

neutral · neuterCulture and artsLevel: Intermediate

Short answer: Heimatmuseum takes the article das (das Heimatmuseum). It’s a neuter noun (German: neutral) and means “museum of local history” in English.

Heimatmuseum: word facts

Article: das
Gender: neutral (neuter)
English: Museum of local history
Topic: Culture and arts
Yupo level: Intermediate

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Why does Heimatmuseum take das?

Nouns ending in -um usually take das. In Yupo’s list, 29 of 29 such words take das (100%).

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Heimatmuseum in the accusative and dative

Singular, with the definite article

Nominativsubject: who? what?	das Heimatmuseum
Akkusativdirect object: whom? what?	das Heimatmuseum
Dativindirect object: to whom?	dem Heimatmuseum

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