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