Compound nouns: the last word decides
Fluggast der
Always In 98.9% of 6,721 common compound nouns, the article comes from the last word.
The last part decides the article: der Gast, so der Fluggast.
der, die oder das Fluggast?
der Fluggast
It's der Fluggast. Fluggast is masculine, plural die Fluggäste.
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- Plural
- die Fluggäste
- Meaning
- passenger
- In our course
- A1
- Travel & hotel
Example
Die Fluggäste warten.
The passengers are waiting.