Elternabend: der, die or das?
derElternabend
Parents' evening
Short answer: Elternabend takes the article der (der Elternabend). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “parents' evening” in English.
Elternabend: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Parents' evening
- Topic
- Relationships and community
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Elternabend take der?
Elternabend is a compound noun. In compounds, the last part decides the article: der Abend → der Elternabend.
See the article rules →Elternabend in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | der Elternabend |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | den Elternabend |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Elternabend |
More words ending in -abend
They all take der, because the last part decides the article.
