Short answer: Fluggast takes the article der (der Fluggast). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “air passenger” in English.
Fluggast: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Air passenger
- Topic
- Travel
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Fluggast take der?
Fluggast is a compound noun. In compounds, the last part decides the article: der Gast → der Fluggast.
See the article rules →Fluggast in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | der Fluggast |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | den Fluggast |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Fluggast |
More words ending in -gast
They all take der, because the last part decides the article.
