Seerosenblatt: der, die or das?
dasSeerosenblatt
Lily pad
Short answer: Seerosenblatt takes the article das (das Seerosenblatt). It’s a neuter noun (German: neutral) and means “lily pad” in English.
Seerosenblatt: word facts
- Article
- das
- Gender
- neutral (neuter)
- English
- Lily pad
- Topic
- Nature and the outdoors
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Seerosenblatt take das?
Seerosenblatt is a compound noun. In compounds, the last part decides the article: das Blatt → das Seerosenblatt.
See the article rules →Seerosenblatt in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | das Seerosenblatt |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | das Seerosenblatt |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Seerosenblatt |
More words ending in -blatt
They all take das, because the last part decides the article.
