Short answer: Hartgeld takes the article das (das Hartgeld). It’s a neuter noun (German: neutral) and means “hard cash” in English.
Hartgeld: word facts
- Article
- das
- Gender
- neutral (neuter)
- English
- Hard cash
- Topic
- Shopping and money
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Hartgeld take das?
Hartgeld is a compound noun. In compounds, the last part decides the article: das Geld → das Hartgeld.
See the article rules →Hartgeld in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | das Hartgeld |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | das Hartgeld |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Hartgeld |
More words ending in -geld
They all take das, because the last part decides the article.
