Kirchensteuer: der, die or das?
dieKirchensteuer
Church tax
Short answer: Kirchensteuer takes the article die (die Kirchensteuer). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “church tax” in English.
Kirchensteuer: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Church tax
- Topic
- Shopping and money
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Kirchensteuer take die?
Kirchensteuer is a compound noun. In compounds, the last part decides the article: die Steuer → die Kirchensteuer.
See the article rules →Kirchensteuer in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Kirchensteuer |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Kirchensteuer |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Kirchensteuer |
More words ending in -steuer
They all take die, because the last part decides the article.
