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