Monatsabo: der, die or das?
dasMonatsabo
Monthly subscription
Short answer: Monatsabo takes the article das (das Monatsabo). It’s a neuter noun (German: neutral) and means “monthly subscription” in English.
Monatsabo: word facts
- Article
- das
- Gender
- neutral (neuter)
- English
- Monthly subscription
- Topic
- Shopping and money
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Monatsabo take das?
Monatsabo is a compound noun. In compounds, the last part decides the article: das Abo → das Monatsabo.
See the article rules →Monatsabo in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | das Monatsabo |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | das Monatsabo |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Monatsabo |
More words ending in -abo
They all take das, because the last part decides the article.
