Standesamt: der, die or das?
dasStandesamt
Registry office
Short answer: Standesamt takes the article das (das Standesamt). It’s a neuter noun (German: neutral) and means “registry office” in English.
Standesamt: word facts
- Article
- das
- Gender
- neutral (neuter)
- English
- Registry office
- Topic
- Relationships and community
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Standesamt take das?
No suffix rule covers Standesamt, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, das words are green. Picture Standesamt as something green.
See the article rules →Standesamt in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | das Standesamt |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | das Standesamt |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Standesamt |
