Short answer: Badeschuh takes the article der (der Badeschuh). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “bathing shoe” in English.
Badeschuh: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Bathing shoe
- Topic
- Travel
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Badeschuh take der?
Badeschuh is a compound noun. In compounds, the last part decides the article: der Schuh → der Badeschuh.
See the article rules →Badeschuh in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | der Badeschuh |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | den Badeschuh |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Badeschuh |
More words ending in -schuh
They all take der, because the last part decides the article.
