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