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