Schwiegervater: der, die or das?
derSchwiegervater
Father-in-law
Short answer: Schwiegervater takes the article der (der Schwiegervater). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “father-in-law” in English.
Schwiegervater: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Father-in-law
- Topic
- Relationships and community
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Schwiegervater take der?
Nouns ending in -er usually take der. In Yupo’s list, 179 of 221 such words take der (80%).
See the article rules →Schwiegervater in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | der Schwiegervater |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | den Schwiegervater |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Schwiegervater |
