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