Großvater: der, die or das?
derGroßvater
Grandfather
Short answer: Großvater takes the article der (der Großvater). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “grandfather” in English.
Großvater: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Grandfather
- Topic
- Relationships and community
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Großvater take der?
Nouns ending in -er usually take der. In Yupo’s list, 179 of 221 such words take der (80%).
See the article rules →Großvater in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | der Großvater |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | den Großvater |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Großvater |
