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