Osterhase: der, die or das?
derOsterhase
Easter Bunny
Short answer: Osterhase takes the article der (der Osterhase). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “Easter Bunny” in English.
Osterhase: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Easter Bunny
- Topic
- Relationships and community
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Osterhase take der?
Osterhase is a compound noun. In compounds, the last part decides the article: der Hase → der Osterhase.
See the article rules →Remember it by color
In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Osterhase as something blue.
Always say and write the word with its article: not “Osterhase” but “der Osterhase”.
More words ending in -hase
They all take der, because the last part decides the article.
