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

