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The article for

Treppchen

das Treppchen

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

Plural
die Treppchen

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Why is it das Treppchen?

Treppchen ends in -chen, and almost all nouns ending in -chen are neuter: in a German dictionary, 94% of them take das.

All nouns ending in -chen
Sense 1
das

Meaning

[1] Small stairs

[1] kleine Treppe

[2] Jargon, Sport: Podest for Places 1 to 3

[2] Jargon, Sport: Podest für die Plätze 1 bis 3

Examples

[1] From the terrace you can get into the garden via a podium

[1] Von der Terrasse aus gelangt man über ein Treppchen in den Garten.

In the end, the team was only missing one point to come to the podium to come

[2] Am Ende fehlte der Mannschaft nur ein einziger Punkt, um auf das Treppchen zu kommen.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ das Treppchen die Treppchen
Genitiv des Treppchens der Treppchen
Dativ dem Treppchen den Treppchen
Akkusativ das Treppchen die Treppchen

Pronunciation

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