Kfz-Werkstatt: der, die or das?
dieKfz-Werkstatt
Car repair garage
Short answer: Kfz-Werkstatt takes the article die (die Kfz-Werkstatt). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “car repair garage” in English.
Kfz-Werkstatt: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Car repair garage
- Topic
- City and transport
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Kfz-Werkstatt take die?
Kfz-Werkstatt is a compound noun. In compounds, the last part decides the article: die Werkstatt → die Kfz-Werkstatt.
See the article rules →Remember it by color
In Yupo, die words are red. Picture Kfz-Werkstatt as something red.
Always say and write the word with its article: not “Kfz-Werkstatt” but “die Kfz-Werkstatt”.
More words ending in -werkstatt
They all take die, because the last part decides the article.
