Filmpreis: der, die or das?
derFilmpreis
Film award
Short answer: Filmpreis takes the article der (der Filmpreis). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “film award” in English.
Filmpreis: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Film award
- Topic
- Culture and arts
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Filmpreis take der?
Filmpreis is a compound noun. In compounds, the last part decides the article: der Preis → der Filmpreis.
See the article rules →Filmpreis in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | der Filmpreis |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | den Filmpreis |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Filmpreis |
More words ending in -preis
They all take der, because the last part decides the article.
