Compound nouns: the last word decides
Notruf 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 Ruf, so der Notruf.
der, die oder das Notruf?
der Notruf
It's der Notruf. Notruf is masculine, plural die Notrufe.
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- Plural
- die Notrufe
- Meaning
- emergency call
- In our course
- A1
- Body & health
Example
Der Notruf ist 112.
The emergency number is 112.