Ortseingang: der, die or das?
derOrtseingang
Town entrance
Short answer: Ortseingang takes the article der (der Ortseingang). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “town entrance” in English.
Ortseingang: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Town entrance
- Topic
- City and transport
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Ortseingang take der?
Ortseingang is a compound noun. In compounds, the last part decides the article: der Eingang → der Ortseingang.
See the article rules →Ortseingang in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | der Ortseingang |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | den Ortseingang |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Ortseingang |
More words ending in -eingang
They all take der, because the last part decides the article.
