Nährwert: der, die or das?
derNährwert
Nutritional value
Short answer: Nährwert takes the article der (der Nährwert). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “nutritional value” in English.
Nährwert: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Nutritional value
- Topic
- Food and drink
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Nährwert take der?
Nährwert is a compound noun. In compounds, the last part decides the article: der Wert → der Nährwert.
See the article rules →Nährwert in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | der Nährwert |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | den Nährwert |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Nährwert |
More words ending in -wert
They all take der, because the last part decides the article.

