Der, die or das Hotel?
das Hotel
- Gender
- neuter
- English
- hotel
- Plural
- die Hotels
Why is it das Hotel?
No ending or meaning rule gives away the gender of Hotel. Like many everyday German nouns, it has to be learned together with its article: das Hotel.
For the endings that do predict gender, see the Der-Die-Das rules guide.
Example sentences
- Das Hotel hat einen schönen Garten.The hotel has a beautiful garden.
- Wir übernachten in einem Hotel.We are staying overnight in a hotel.
Hotel in the four cases
The article changes with the case. The highlighted column shows the forms to use with Hotel: definite article first, then the indefinite article.
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | der / ein | die / eine | das / ein | die |
| Accusative | den / einen | die / eine | das / ein | die |
| Dative | dem / einem | der / einer | dem / einem | den |
| Genitive | des / eines | der / einer | des / eines | der |
Hotel 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.