Short answer: Nebenkosten is used in the plural in German, and plural nouns always take die in the nominative (die Nebenkosten). It means “additional costs” in English.
Nebenkosten: word facts
- Article
- die (plural)
- Gender
- plural noun
- English
- Additional costs
- Topic
- Home and daily life
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Nebenkosten take die?
This word is used in the plural in German. In the nominative, plural nouns always take die.
See the article rules →Remember it by color
In Yupo, die words are red. Picture Nebenkosten as something red.
Always say and write the word with its article: not “Nebenkosten” but “die Nebenkosten”.
