Sommerreifen: der, die or das?
derSommerreifen
Summer tyre
Short answer: Sommerreifen takes the article der (der Sommerreifen). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “summer tyre” in English.
Sommerreifen: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Summer tyre
- Topic
- City and transport
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Sommerreifen take der?
Sommerreifen is a compound noun. In compounds, the last part decides the article: der Reifen → der Sommerreifen.
See the article rules →Sommerreifen in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | der Sommerreifen |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | den Sommerreifen |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Sommerreifen |
More words ending in -reifen
They all take der, because the last part decides the article.
