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

