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