Compound nouns: the last word decides
Nachname 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 Name, so der Nachname.
der, die oder das Nachname?
der Nachname
It's der Nachname. Nachname is masculine, plural die Nachnamen.
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- Plural
- die Nachnamen
- Meaning
- surname
- In our course
- A1
- Greetings & introductions
Example
Mein Nachname ist Khan.
My surname is Khan.