Lenkungsausschuss: der, die or das?
derLenkungsausschuss
Steering committee
Short answer: Lenkungsausschuss takes the article der (der Lenkungsausschuss). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “steering committee” in English.
Lenkungsausschuss: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Steering committee
- Topic
- Career and learning
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Lenkungsausschuss take der?
Lenkungsausschuss is a compound noun. In compounds, the last part decides the article: der Ausschuss → der Lenkungsausschuss.
See the article rules →Lenkungsausschuss in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | der Lenkungsausschuss |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | den Lenkungsausschuss |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Lenkungsausschuss |
More words ending in -ausschuss
They all take der, because the last part decides the article.

