Elterngeld: der, die or das?
dasElterngeld
Parental allowance
Short answer: Elterngeld takes the article das (das Elterngeld). It’s a neuter noun (German: neutral) and means “parental allowance” in English.
Elterngeld: word facts
- Article
- das
- Gender
- neutral (neuter)
- English
- Parental allowance
- Topic
- Career and learning
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Elterngeld take das?
No suffix rule covers Elterngeld, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, das words are green. Picture Elterngeld as something green.
See the article rules →Elterngeld in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | das Elterngeld |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | das Elterngeld |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Elterngeld |
