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