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