compound words

Maxie

November 20, 2021

Hi All

Another question. Do all compound words take the gender of the last word eg Das Mauermuseum, Museum being neuter

As always thank you

Sebongela

Julia-Rocket-German-Tutor

November 23, 2021

Hi Sebongela,

Yes, you're exaclty right! The gender is always determined by the last noun of the compound word.

Tschüss!

Julia

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