Parkhaus: der, die or das?
dasParkhaus
Parking garage
Short answer: Parkhaus takes the article das (das Parkhaus). It’s a neuter noun (German: neutral) and means “parking garage” in English.
Parkhaus: word facts
- Article
- das
- Gender
- neutral (neuter)
- English
- Parking garage
- Topic
- City and transport
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Parkhaus take das?
Parkhaus is a compound noun. In compounds, the last part decides the article: das Haus → das Parkhaus.
See the article rules →Parkhaus in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | das Parkhaus |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | das Parkhaus |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Parkhaus |
More words ending in -haus
They all take das, because the last part decides the article.
