Bruttogehalt: der, die or das?
dasBruttogehalt
Gross salary
Short answer: Bruttogehalt takes the article das (das Bruttogehalt). It’s a neuter noun (German: neutral) and means “gross salary” in English.
Bruttogehalt: word facts
- Article
- das
- Gender
- neutral (neuter)
- English
- Gross salary
- Topic
- Career and learning
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Bruttogehalt take das?
Bruttogehalt is a compound noun. In compounds, the last part decides the article: das Gehalt → das Bruttogehalt.
See the article rules →Bruttogehalt in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | das Bruttogehalt |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | das Bruttogehalt |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Bruttogehalt |
More words ending in -gehalt
They all take das, because the last part decides the article.
