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