Obstladen: der, die or das?
derObstladen
Fruit shop
Short answer: Obstladen takes the article der (der Obstladen). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “fruit shop” in English.
Obstladen: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Fruit shop
- Topic
- Shopping and money
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Obstladen take der?
Obstladen is a compound noun. In compounds, the last part decides the article: der Laden → der Obstladen.
See the article rules →Obstladen in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | der Obstladen |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | den Obstladen |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Obstladen |
More words ending in -laden
They all take der, because the last part decides the article.
