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