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