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