Why is it das Apartment?
Apartment ends in -ment, and nouns ending in -ment are neuter: in a German dictionary, 97% of them take das.
All nouns ending in -ment das
Meaning
[1] small comfortable apartment
[1] kleine komfortable WohnungExamples
[1] Some rent an apartment at their place of work as a second home.
[1] Manche mieten ein Apartment an ihrem Arbeitsort als Zweitwohnung.
[1] “There were three framed photos on one wall of her apartment in Ogba” [2]
[1] „An einer Wand ihres Apartments in Ogba hingen drei eingerahmte Fotos.“[2]
More source examples (1)
These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.
[1] "I gradually had to get rid of this apartment." [3]
[1] „Dieses Apartment mußte ich allmählich loswerden.“[3]
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | das Apartment | die Apartments |
| Genitiv | des Apartments | der Apartments |
| Dativ | dem Apartment | den Apartments |
| Akkusativ | das Apartment | die Apartments |
Pronunciation
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