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