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