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