Grundsteuer: der, die or das?
dieGrundsteuer
Property tax
Short answer: Grundsteuer takes the article die (die Grundsteuer). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “property tax” in English.
Grundsteuer: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Property tax
- Topic
- Shopping and money
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Grundsteuer take die?
Grundsteuer is a compound noun. In compounds, the last part decides the article: die Steuer → die Grundsteuer.
See the article rules →Grundsteuer in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Grundsteuer |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Grundsteuer |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Grundsteuer |
More words ending in -steuer
They all take die, because the last part decides the article.
