Short answer: Hostel takes the article das (das Hostel). It’s a neuter noun (German: neutral) and means “hostel” in English.
Hostel: word facts
- Article
- das
- Gender
- neutral (neuter)
- English
- Hostel
- Topic
- Travel
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Hostel take das?
No suffix rule covers Hostel, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, das words are green. Picture Hostel as something green.
See the article rules →Hostel in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | das Hostel |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | das Hostel |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Hostel |
