Datenverlust: der, die or das?
derDatenverlust
Data loss
Short answer: Datenverlust takes the article der (der Datenverlust). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “data loss” in English.
Datenverlust: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Data loss
- Topic
- Technology and media
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Datenverlust take der?
Datenverlust is a compound noun. In compounds, the last part decides the article: der Verlust → der Datenverlust.
See the article rules →Datenverlust in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | der Datenverlust |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | den Datenverlust |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Datenverlust |
More words ending in -verlust
They all take der, because the last part decides the article.
