Compound nouns: the last word decides
Hauptbahnhof der
Always In 98.9% of 6,721 common compound nouns, the article comes from the last word.
The last part decides the article: der Bahnhof, so der Hauptbahnhof.
der, die oder das Hauptbahnhof?
der Hauptbahnhof
It's der Hauptbahnhof. Hauptbahnhof is masculine, plural die Hauptbahnhöfe.
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- Plural
- die Hauptbahnhöfe
- Meaning
- main station
- In our course
- A1
- City & transport
Example
Der Hauptbahnhof ist zentral.
The main station is central.