Wohnungstür: der, die or das?
dieWohnungstür
Apartment door
Short answer: Wohnungstür takes the article die (die Wohnungstür). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “apartment door” in English.
Wohnungstür: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Apartment door
- Topic
- Home and daily life
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Wohnungstür take die?
Wohnungstür is a compound noun. In compounds, the last part decides the article: die Tür → die Wohnungstür.
See the article rules →Wohnungstür in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Wohnungstür |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Wohnungstür |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Wohnungstür |
More words ending in -tür
They all take die, because the last part decides the article.
