Lagerfeuer: der, die or das?
dasLagerfeuer
Campfire
Short answer: Lagerfeuer takes the article das (das Lagerfeuer). It’s a neuter noun (German: neutral) and means “campfire” in English.
Lagerfeuer: word facts
- Article
- das
- Gender
- neutral (neuter)
- English
- Campfire
- Topic
- Nature and the outdoors
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Lagerfeuer take das?
Exception: most nouns ending in -er take der, but Lagerfeuer takes das. Learn it together with its article.
See the article rules →Lagerfeuer in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | das Lagerfeuer |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | das Lagerfeuer |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Lagerfeuer |

