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