Kompromiss: der, die or das?
derKompromiss
Compromise
Short answer: Kompromiss takes the article der (der Kompromiss). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “compromise” in English.
Kompromiss: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Compromise
- Topic
- Relationships and community
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Kompromiss take der?
No suffix rule covers Kompromiss, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Kompromiss as something blue.
See the article rules →Kompromiss in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | der Kompromiss |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | den Kompromiss |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Kompromiss |
