Why is it das Autohaus?

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

All nouns ending in -haus
Sense 1
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Meaning

[1] Trade: Companies that sell automobiles

[1] Handel: Unternehmen, das Automobile verkauft

Examples

[1] He bought his new car from a car dealership a week ago

[1] Sein neues Auto hatte er vor einer Woche bei einem Autohaus gekauft.

[1] "He screwed for various car dealerships in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, learned Hebrew" "

[1] „Er schraubte für verschiedene Autohäuser in Tel Aviv und Jerusalem, lernte Hebräisch.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ das Autohaus die Autohäuser
Genitiv des Autohauses der Autohäuser
Dativ dem Autohaus dem Autohause den Autohäusern
Akkusativ das Autohaus die Autohäuser

Pronunciation

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