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