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