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