Short answer: Tourismus takes the article der (der Tourismus). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “tourism” in English.
Tourismus: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Tourism
- Topic
- Travel
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Tourismus take der?
Nouns ending in -ismus usually take der. In Yupo’s list, 7 of 7 such words take der (100%).
See the article rules →Tourismus in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | der Tourismus |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | den Tourismus |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Tourismus |
