Mineralwasser: der, die or das?
dasMineralwasser
Mineral water
Short answer: Mineralwasser takes the article das (das Mineralwasser). It’s a neuter noun (German: neutral) and means “mineral water” in English.
Mineralwasser: word facts
- Article
- das
- Gender
- neutral (neuter)
- English
- Mineral water
- Topic
- Food and drink
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Mineralwasser take das?
Mineralwasser is a compound noun. In compounds, the last part decides the article: das Wasser → das Mineralwasser.
See the article rules →Mineralwasser in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | das Mineralwasser |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | das Mineralwasser |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Mineralwasser |
More words ending in -wasser
They all take das, because the last part decides the article.
