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