Egoismus: der, die or das?
derEgoismus
Selfishness
Short answer: Egoismus takes the article der (der Egoismus). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “selfishness” in English.
Egoismus: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Selfishness
- Topic
- Relationships and community
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Egoismus take der?
Nouns ending in -ismus usually take der. In Yupo’s list, 7 of 7 such words take der (100%).
See the article rules →Egoismus in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | der Egoismus |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | den Egoismus |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Egoismus |
