E-Sport: der, die or das?
derE-Sport
Electronic sports
Short answer: E-Sport takes the article der (der E-Sport). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “electronic sports” in English.
E-Sport: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Electronic sports
- Topic
- Technology and media
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does E-Sport take der?
E-Sport is a compound noun. In compounds, the last part decides the article: der Sport → der E-Sport.
See the article rules →Remember it by color
In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture E-Sport as something blue.
Always say and write the word with its article: not “E-Sport” but “der E-Sport”.
More words ending in -sport
They all take der, because the last part decides the article.
