Short answer: Zahnstein takes the article der (der Zahnstein). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “calculus” in English.
Zahnstein: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Calculus
- Topic
- Body and health
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Zahnstein take der?
Zahnstein is a compound noun. In compounds, the last part decides the article: der Stein → der Zahnstein.
See the article rules →Zahnstein in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | der Zahnstein |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | den Zahnstein |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Zahnstein |
More words ending in -stein
They all take der, because the last part decides the article.
