Short answer: Roadtrip takes the article der (der Roadtrip). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “road trip” in English.
Roadtrip: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Road trip
- Topic
- Travel
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Roadtrip take der?
Roadtrip is a compound noun. In compounds, the last part decides the article: der Trip → der Roadtrip.
See the article rules →Roadtrip in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | der Roadtrip |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | den Roadtrip |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Roadtrip |
More words ending in -trip
They all take der, because the last part decides the article.
