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