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Der, die or das Grundstück?

das Grundstück

Gender
neuter
English
plot of land
Plural
die Grundstücke

Why is it das Grundstück?

Grundstück is a compound noun, and a German compound takes the gender of its last part. The last part is das Stück, so it is das Grundstück.

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Grundstück in the four cases

The article changes with the case. The highlighted column shows the forms to use with Grundstück: definite article first, then the indefinite article.

MasculineFeminineNeuterPlural
Nominativeder / eindie / einedas / eindie
Accusativeden / einendie / einedas / eindie
Dativedem / einemder / einerdem / einemden
Genitivedes / einesder / einerdes / einesder

Grundstück is one of about 1,700 common nouns in the free Der-Die-Das trainer. Short daily rounds with spaced repetition make the article stick.

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