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