Pflaumenbaum: der, die or das?
derPflaumenbaum
Plum tree
Short answer: Pflaumenbaum takes the article der (der Pflaumenbaum). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “plum tree” in English.
Pflaumenbaum: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Plum tree
- Topic
- Nature and the outdoors
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Pflaumenbaum take der?
Pflaumenbaum is a compound noun. In compounds, the last part decides the article: der Baum → der Pflaumenbaum.
See the article rules →Pflaumenbaum in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | der Pflaumenbaum |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | den Pflaumenbaum |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Pflaumenbaum |
More words ending in -baum
They all take der, because the last part decides the article.
