Urgroßvater: der, die or das?
derUrgroßvater
Great-grandfather
Short answer: Urgroßvater takes the article der (der Urgroßvater). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “great-grandfather” in English.
Urgroßvater: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Great-grandfather
- Topic
- Relationships and community
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Urgroßvater take der?
Nouns ending in -er usually take der. In Yupo’s list, 179 of 221 such words take der (80%).
See the article rules →Urgroßvater in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | der Urgroßvater |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | den Urgroßvater |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Urgroßvater |
