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