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