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