Is it der, die or das Büro? – das Büro (office), plural die Büros

Why is it das Büro?

Büro ends in -o, but that ending doesn’t settle the article: in a German dictionary, 45% of -o nouns take das, 43% take der, and 11% take die. So learn it with its article: das Büro.

Which endings you can rely on

Sense 1

das

Meaning

[1] Office or business premises in which various written or administrative work is carried out

[1] Dienststelle oder Geschäftsräumlichkeit, in der verschiedene schriftliche oder verwaltungstechnische Arbeiten erledigt werden

[2] Total number of employees in an office [1]

[2] Gesamtheit der Angestellten eines Büros [1]

[3] Study in an apartment

[3] Arbeitszimmer in einer Wohnung

Examples

[1] "Every hour that he was removed from the office made him grief." [3]
[1] „Jede Stunde, die er dem Büro entzogen wurde, machte ihm Kummer.“[3]

[1] "I was sitting in my office." [4]
[1] „Ich saß in meinem Büro.“[4]

More source examples (3)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[2] The whole office congratulated him on his PhD
[2] Das ganze Büro gratulierte ihm zu seinem Doktortitel.

[2] "I ask people on the street, in the subway, in the office, they all want a computer, nobody knows exactly why." [5]
[2] „Ich frage Leute auf der Straße, in der U-Bahn, im Büro, alle woll'n Computer haben, keiner weiß genau wieso.“[5]

[3] Can I deduct my office from tax?
[3] Kann ich mein Büro von der Steuer absetzen?

Declension

1	Singular	Plural
Nominativ	das Büro	die Büros
Genitiv	des Büros	der Büros
Dativ	dem Büro	den Büros
Akkusativ	das Büro	die Büros

Pronunciation

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Büro

Why is it das Büro?

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