Grundwasserspiegel: der, die or das?
derGrundwasserspiegel
Groundwater table
Short answer: Grundwasserspiegel takes the article der (der Grundwasserspiegel). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “groundwater table” in English.
Grundwasserspiegel: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Groundwater table
- Topic
- Nature and the outdoors
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Grundwasserspiegel take der?
Grundwasserspiegel is a compound noun. In compounds, the last part decides the article: der Spiegel → der Grundwasserspiegel.
See the article rules →Grundwasserspiegel in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | der Grundwasserspiegel |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | den Grundwasserspiegel |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Grundwasserspiegel |
More words ending in -spiegel
They all take der, because the last part decides the article.
