Compound nouns: the last word decides
Bürgeramt das
Always In 98.9% of 6,721 common compound nouns, the article comes from the last word.
The last part decides the article: das Amt, so das Bürgeramt.
der, die oder das Bürgeramt?
das Bürgeramt
It's das Bürgeramt. Bürgeramt is neuter, plural die Bürgerämter.
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- Plural
- die Bürgerämter
- Meaning
- citizens' office
- In our course
- A1
- Offices & forms
Example
Das Bürgeramt ist geöffnet.
The citizens' office is open.