Short answer: Ministerium takes the article das (das Ministerium). It’s a neuter noun (German: neutral) and means “ministry” in English.
Ministerium: word facts
- Article
- das
- Gender
- neutral (neuter)
- English
- Ministry
- Topic
- Culture and arts
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Ministerium take das?
Nouns ending in -um usually take das. In Yupo’s list, 18 of 18 such words take das (100%).
See the article rules →Ministerium in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | das Ministerium |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | das Ministerium |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Ministerium |
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