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