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