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