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

