Compound nouns: the last word decides
Fußball 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 Ball, so der Fußball.
der, die oder das Fußball?
der Fußball
It's der Fußball. Fußball is masculine.
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- Plural
- No plural
- Used in the singular
- Meaning
- football
- In our course
- A1
- Free time & weather
Example
Mein Sohn spielt Fußball.
My son plays football.