Der, die or das Hauptbahnhof? The correct article and plural

Der, die or das?

der Hauptbahnhof

masculine noun · main train station · level A1

The plural

die Hauptbahnhöfe - in the plural, every German noun takes the article die.

Example

Der Hauptbahnhof liegt im Zentrum.

The main train station is downtown.

Why der?

"Hauptbahnhof" doesn't follow any of the 35 gender rules - it belongs to the words you learn together with their article, as one unit: der Hauptbahnhof. That's exactly what the app's spaced repetition is for.

Words from the same topic (Transport)

der Weg
die Richtung
das Auto
die Bahn
die Linie
die Verbindung
der Zug
die Ampel

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