Kornfeld: der, die or das?
dasKornfeld
Grain field
Short answer: Kornfeld takes the article das (das Kornfeld). It’s a neuter noun (German: neutral) and means “grain field” in English.
Kornfeld: word facts
- Article
- das
- Gender
- neutral (neuter)
- English
- Grain field
- Topic
- Nature and the outdoors
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Kornfeld take das?
Kornfeld is a compound noun. In compounds, the last part decides the article: das Feld → das Kornfeld.
See the article rules →Kornfeld in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | das Kornfeld |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | das Kornfeld |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Kornfeld |
More words ending in -feld
They all take das, because the last part decides the article.
