Compound nouns: the last word decides
Großmutter die
Always In 98.9% of 6,721 common compound nouns, the article comes from the last word.
The last part decides the article: die Mutter, so die Großmutter.
der, die oder das Großmutter?
die Großmutter
It's die Großmutter. Großmutter is feminine, plural die Großmütter.
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- Plural
- die Großmütter
- Meaning
- grandmother
- In our course
- A1
- Family & people
Example
Meine Großmutter wohnt in Multan.
My grandmother lives in Multan.