Aberglaube: der, die or das?
derAberglaube
Superstition
Short answer: Aberglaube takes the article der (der Aberglaube). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “superstition” in English.
Aberglaube: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Superstition
- Topic
- Relationships and community
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Aberglaube take der?
Aberglaube is a compound noun. In compounds, the last part decides the article: der Glaube → der Aberglaube.
See the article rules →Remember it by color
In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Aberglaube as something blue.
Always say and write the word with its article: not “Aberglaube” but “der Aberglaube”.
More words ending in -glaube
They all take der, because the last part decides the article.
