Gruppenchat: der, die or das?
derGruppenchat
Group chat
Short answer: Gruppenchat takes the article der (der Gruppenchat). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “group chat” in English.
Gruppenchat: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Group chat
- Topic
- Relationships and community
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Gruppenchat take der?
Gruppenchat is a compound noun. In compounds, the last part decides the article: der Chat → der Gruppenchat.
See the article rules →Remember it by color
In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Gruppenchat as something blue.
Always say and write the word with its article: not “Gruppenchat” but “der Gruppenchat”.
More words ending in -chat
They all take der, because the last part decides the article.
