Kunstmuseum: der, die or das?
dasKunstmuseum
Art museum
Short answer: Kunstmuseum takes the article das (das Kunstmuseum). It’s a neuter noun (German: neutral) and means “art museum” in English.
Kunstmuseum: word facts
- Article
- das
- Gender
- neutral (neuter)
- English
- Art museum
- Topic
- Culture and arts
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Kunstmuseum take das?
Nouns ending in -um usually take das. In Yupo’s list, 29 of 29 such words take das (100%).
See the article rules →Kunstmuseum in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | das Kunstmuseum |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | das Kunstmuseum |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Kunstmuseum |
