BAföG-Anspruch: der, die or das?
derBAföG-Anspruch
BAföG entitlement
Short answer: BAföG-Anspruch takes the article der (der BAföG-Anspruch). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “BAföG entitlement” in English.
BAföG-Anspruch: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- BAföG entitlement
- Topic
- Career and learning
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does BAföG-Anspruch take der?
No suffix rule covers BAföG-Anspruch, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture BAföG-Anspruch as something blue.
See the article rules →Remember it by color
In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture BAföG-Anspruch as something blue.
Always say and write the word with its article: not “BAföG-Anspruch” but “der BAföG-Anspruch”.

