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