Bankgeheimnis: der, die or das?
dasBankgeheimnis
Banking secrecy
Short answer: Bankgeheimnis takes the article das (das Bankgeheimnis). It’s a neuter noun (German: neutral) and means “banking secrecy” in English.
Bankgeheimnis: word facts
- Article
- das
- Gender
- neutral (neuter)
- English
- Banking secrecy
- Topic
- Shopping and money
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Bankgeheimnis take das?
Bankgeheimnis is a compound noun. In compounds, the last part decides the article: das Geheimnis → das Bankgeheimnis.
See the article rules →Bankgeheimnis in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | das Bankgeheimnis |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | das Bankgeheimnis |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Bankgeheimnis |
More words ending in -geheimnis
They all take das, because the last part decides the article.
