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The article for

Skinhead

der Skinhead

Skinhead is a masculine German noun. Its article is der.

Plural
die Skinheads

Learn the noun together with its article. See the article rules.

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Why is it der Skinhead?

Skinhead is a compound noun, and German compounds take the article of their last word: der Head. So it’s der Skinhead.

Sense 1
der

Meaning

[1] Person of the skinhead movement, often recognizable by the rather short or very distant head hair, heavy boots, braces, high-junk jeans, bomber, Harrington or donkey jacket

[1] Person der Skinheadbewegung, oftmals erkennbar an der ziemlich kurzen oder ganz entfernten Kopfbehaarung, schweren Stiefeln, Hosenträger, hochgekrempelter Jeans, Bomber-, Harrington- oder Donkeyjacke

Examples

[1] The skinheads are not pleased that they are sheared over a comb with the right -handed skinheads (Bonheads)

[1] Die Skinheads sind nicht darüber erfreut, dass sie mit den rechtsgerichteten Skinheads (Boneheads) über einen Kamm geschoren werden.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Skinhead die Skinheads
Genitiv des Skinheads der Skinheads
Dativ dem Skinhead den Skinheads
Akkusativ den Skinhead die Skinheads

Pronunciation

In context

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