Kinderbuch: der, die or das?
dasKinderbuch
Children's book
Short answer: Kinderbuch takes the article das (das Kinderbuch). It’s a neuter noun (German: neutral) and means “children's book” in English.
Kinderbuch: word facts
- Article
- das
- Gender
- neutral (neuter)
- English
- Children's book
- Topic
- Culture and arts
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Kinderbuch take das?
Kinderbuch is a compound noun. In compounds, the last part decides the article: das Buch → das Kinderbuch.
See the article rules →Kinderbuch in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | das Kinderbuch |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | das Kinderbuch |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Kinderbuch |
More words ending in -buch
They all take das, because the last part decides the article.
