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