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