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