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