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