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The article for

Penthouse

das Penthouse

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

Plural
die Penthouses

Learn the noun together with its article. See the article rules.

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Why is it das Penthouse?

Penthouse ends in -e. Most nouns with this ending are feminine (79% take die), but Penthouse is an exception: das Penthouse.

The other -e exceptions
Sense 1
das

Meaning

[1] Architecture: A single -storey, self -contained house on the roof of a high -rise building

[1] Architektur: ein eingeschossiges, in sich geschlossenes Wohnhaus auf dem Dach eines Hochhauses

Examples

[1] When is the viewing date for the penthouse area

[1] Wann ist der Besichtigungstermin für das Penthouse?

[1] “When the house, in which she had lived until recently, was equipped less than three months after her marriage, Mây was in disbelief in front of the large poster that announced a penthouse in the attic and for an unimaginable sum for purchase "

[1] „Als keine drei Monate nach ihrer Heirat das Haus, in dem sie bis vor Kurzem gewohnt hatte, eingerüstet wurde, stand Mây ungläubig vor dem großen Plakat, das ein Penthouse im Dachgeschoss ankündigte und zu einer ihr unvorstellbaren Summe zum Kauf ausschrieb.“
More source examples (1)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "The woman lived in a penthouse on the outskirts"

[1] „Die Frau bewohnte ein Penthouse am Stadtrand.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ das Penthouse die Penthouses
Genitiv des Penthouses der Penthouses
Dativ dem Penthouse den Penthouses
Akkusativ das Penthouse die Penthouses

Pronunciation

In context

[1] Penthouse in New York, 74th Street
[1] Penthouse in New York, 74th Street Wikimedia Commons

Related nouns

Nouns with the same ending

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