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