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The article for

Altenheim

das Altenheim

Altenheim is a neuter German noun. Its article is das.

Plural
die Altenheime
English
retirement home
Level
B1
Topic
Places

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Why is it das Altenheim?

Altenheim is a compound noun, and German compounds take the article of their last word: das Heim. So it’s das Altenheim.

Sense 1
das

Meaning

[1] Establishment in which people live in old age and are looked after and maintained as needed and maintained

[1] Einrichtung, in der Menschen im Alter wohnen und je nach Bedarf betreut und gepflegt werden

Examples

On Sundays we mostly visit Uroma in the old people's home

[1] Sonntags besuchen wir meist Uroma im Altenheim.

[1] "The Americans finally handed over the castle to the Evangelical Diakonie, who set up an old people's home there"

[1] „Die Amerikaner übergaben das Schloss schließlich der evangelischen Diakonie, die dort ein Altenheim einrichtete.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ das Altenheim die Altenheime
Genitiv des Altenheimes des Altenheims der Altenheime
Dativ dem Altenheim dem Altenheime den Altenheimen
Akkusativ das Altenheim die Altenheime

Pronunciation

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