Feldhase: der, die or das?
derFeldhase
Brown hare
Short answer: Feldhase takes the article der (der Feldhase). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “brown hare” in English.
Feldhase: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Brown hare
- Topic
- Nature and the outdoors
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Feldhase take der?
Feldhase is a compound noun. In compounds, the last part decides the article: der Hase → der Feldhase.
See the article rules →Remember it by color
In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Feldhase as something blue.
Always say and write the word with its article: not “Feldhase” but “der Feldhase”.
More words ending in -hase
They all take der, because the last part decides the article.
