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