Möbelstück: der, die or das?
dasMöbelstück
Piece of furniture
Short answer: Möbelstück takes the article das (das Möbelstück). It’s a neuter noun (German: neutral) and means “piece of furniture” in English.
Möbelstück: word facts
- Article
- das
- Gender
- neutral (neuter)
- English
- Piece of furniture
- Topic
- Home and daily life
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Möbelstück take das?
Möbelstück is a compound noun. In compounds, the last part decides the article: das Stück → das Möbelstück.
See the article rules →Möbelstück in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | das Möbelstück |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | das Möbelstück |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Möbelstück |
More words ending in -stück
They all take das, because the last part decides the article.
