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