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