Short answer: Hotelzimmer takes the article das (das Hotelzimmer). It’s a neuter noun (German: neutral) and means “hotel room” in English.
Hotelzimmer: word facts
- Article
- das
- Gender
- neutral (neuter)
- English
- Hotel room
- Topic
- Travel
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Hotelzimmer take das?
Hotelzimmer is a compound noun. In compounds, the last part decides the article: das Zimmer → das Hotelzimmer.
See the article rules →Hotelzimmer in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | das Hotelzimmer |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | das Hotelzimmer |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Hotelzimmer |
More words ending in -zimmer
They all take das, because the last part decides the article.
