Why is it das Equipment?
Equipment 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] entirety of the equipment for a certain project
[1] Gesamtheit der Ausrüstungsgegenstände für ein bestimmtes VorhabenExamples
[1] The equipment was not sufficient for this dangerous company
[1] Das Equipment war für diese gefährliche Unternehmung nicht ausreichend.
[1] "He does not differ significantly from the other equipment" "
[1] „Er unterschied sich nicht signifikant vom anderen Equipment.“
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | das Equipment | die Equipments |
| Genitiv | des Equipments | der Equipments |
| Dativ | dem Equipment | den Equipments |
| Akkusativ | das Equipment | die Equipments |
Pronunciation
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