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