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