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Der, die or das Weltmeister?

der Weltmeister

Gender
masculine
English
world champion
Plural
die Weltmeister

Why is it der Weltmeister?

Weltmeister is a compound noun, and a German compound takes the gender of its last part. The last part is der Meister, so it is der Weltmeister.

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Weltmeister in the four cases

The article changes with the case. The highlighted column shows the forms to use with Weltmeister: definite article first, then the indefinite article.

MasculineFeminineNeuterPlural
Nominativeder / eindie / einedas / eindie
Accusativeden / einendie / einedas / eindie
Dativedem / einemder / einerdem / einemden
Genitivedes / einesder / einerdes / einesder

Weltmeister is one of about 1,700 common nouns in the free Der-Die-Das trainer. Short daily rounds with spaced repetition make the article stick.

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