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Ordnungsamt: der, die or das?

dasOrdnungsamt

Public order office

neutral · neuterCity and transportLevel: Advanced

Short answer: Ordnungsamt takes the article das (das Ordnungsamt). It’s a neuter noun (German: neutral) and means “public order office” in English.

Ordnungsamt: word facts

Article
das
Gender
neutral (neuter)
English
Public order office
Topic
City and transport
Yupo level
Advanced

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Why does Ordnungsamt take das?

No suffix rule covers Ordnungsamt, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, das words are green. Picture Ordnungsamt as something green.

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Ordnungsamt in the accusative and dative

Singular, with the definite article

Nominativsubject: who? what?das Ordnungsamt
Akkusativdirect object: whom? what?das Ordnungsamt
Dativindirect object: to whom?dem Ordnungsamt

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