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