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