Gemeinderat: der, die or das?
derGemeinderat
Municipal council
Short answer: Gemeinderat takes the article der (der Gemeinderat). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “municipal council” in English.
Gemeinderat: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Municipal council
- Topic
- Relationships and community
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Gemeinderat take der?
Gemeinderat is a compound noun. In compounds, the last part decides the article: der Rat → der Gemeinderat.
See the article rules →Remember it by color
In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Gemeinderat as something blue.
Always say and write the word with its article: not “Gemeinderat” but “der Gemeinderat”.
More words ending in -rat
They all take der, because the last part decides the article.
