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