Unterhalt: der, die or das?
derUnterhalt
Alimony, upkeep
Short answer: Unterhalt takes the article der (der Unterhalt). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “alimony, upkeep” in English.
Unterhalt: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Alimony, upkeep
- Topic
- Relationships and community
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Unterhalt take der?
No suffix rule covers Unterhalt, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Unterhalt as something blue.
See the article rules →Unterhalt in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | der Unterhalt |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | den Unterhalt |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Unterhalt |
