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