Der, die or das?

das Museum

neuter noun · museum · level A1

The plural

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

Example

Das Museum öffnet um zehn Uhr.
The museum opens at ten o'clock.

Why das?

No guessing needed: -um → das · 1.1% (but Raum, Baum, Traum are der!) "Museum" follows the rule Nouns ending in -um, which covers 26 words in the Genau course.

Words from the same topic (The city)

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