Compound nouns: the last word decides
Schwiegermutter 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 Schwiegermutter.
der, die oder das Schwiegermutter?
die Schwiegermutter
It's die Schwiegermutter. Schwiegermutter is feminine, plural die Schwiegermütter.
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- Plural
- die Schwiegermütter
- Meaning
- mother-in-law
- In our course
- A1
- Family & people
Example
Meine Schwiegermutter ist sehr nett.
My mother-in-law is very nice.