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