Compound nouns: the last word decides
Kaufhaus 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 Haus, so das Kaufhaus.
der, die oder das Kaufhaus?
das Kaufhaus
It's das Kaufhaus. Kaufhaus is neuter, plural die Kaufhäuser.
Recorded clip
- Plural
- die Kaufhäuser
- Meaning
- department store
- In our course
- A1
- Shopping & money
Example
Das Kaufhaus ist groß.
The department store is big.