Adoptivkind: der, die or das?
dasAdoptivkind
Adopted child
Short answer: Adoptivkind takes the article das (das Adoptivkind). It’s a neuter noun (German: neutral) and means “adopted child” in English.
Adoptivkind: word facts
- Article
- das
- Gender
- neutral (neuter)
- English
- Adopted child
- Topic
- Relationships and community
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Adoptivkind take das?
Adoptivkind is a compound noun. In compounds, the last part decides the article: das Kind → das Adoptivkind.
See the article rules →Adoptivkind in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | das Adoptivkind |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | das Adoptivkind |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Adoptivkind |
More words ending in -kind
They all take das, because the last part decides the article.
