Einkommensteuer: der, die or das?
dieEinkommensteuer
Income tax
Short answer: Einkommensteuer takes the article die (die Einkommensteuer). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “income tax” in English.
Einkommensteuer: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Income tax
- Topic
- Shopping and money
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Einkommensteuer take die?
Einkommensteuer is a compound noun. In compounds, the last part decides the article: die Steuer → die Einkommensteuer.
See the article rules →Einkommensteuer in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Einkommensteuer |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Einkommensteuer |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Einkommensteuer |
More words ending in -steuer
They all take die, because the last part decides the article.
