Meisterwerk: der, die or das?
dasMeisterwerk
Masterpiece
Short answer: Meisterwerk takes the article das (das Meisterwerk). It’s a neuter noun (German: neutral) and means “masterpiece” in English.
Meisterwerk: word facts
- Article
- das
- Gender
- neutral (neuter)
- English
- Masterpiece
- Topic
- Culture and arts
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Meisterwerk take das?
No suffix rule covers Meisterwerk, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, das words are green. Picture Meisterwerk as something green.
See the article rules →Meisterwerk in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | das Meisterwerk |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | das Meisterwerk |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Meisterwerk |
