Short answer: Tagesausflug takes the article der (der Tagesausflug). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “day trip” in English.
Tagesausflug: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Day trip
- Topic
- Travel
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Tagesausflug take der?
Tagesausflug is a compound noun. In compounds, the last part decides the article: der Ausflug → der Tagesausflug.
See the article rules →Tagesausflug in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | der Tagesausflug |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | den Tagesausflug |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Tagesausflug |
More words ending in -ausflug
They all take der, because the last part decides the article.

