Fensterrahmen: der, die or das?
derFensterrahmen
Window frame
Short answer: Fensterrahmen takes the article der (der Fensterrahmen). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “window frame” in English.
Fensterrahmen: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Window frame
- Topic
- Home and daily life
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Fensterrahmen take der?
Fensterrahmen is a compound noun. In compounds, the last part decides the article: der Rahmen → der Fensterrahmen.
See the article rules →Fensterrahmen in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | der Fensterrahmen |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | den Fensterrahmen |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Fensterrahmen |
More words ending in -rahmen
They all take der, because the last part decides the article.
