Bilderrahmen: der, die or das?
derBilderrahmen
Picture frame
Short answer: Bilderrahmen takes the article der (der Bilderrahmen). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “picture frame” in English.
Bilderrahmen: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Picture frame
- Topic
- Home and daily life
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Bilderrahmen take der?
Bilderrahmen is a compound noun. In compounds, the last part decides the article: der Rahmen → der Bilderrahmen.
See the article rules →Bilderrahmen in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | der Bilderrahmen |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | den Bilderrahmen |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Bilderrahmen |
More words ending in -rahmen
They all take der, because the last part decides the article.
