Die Preisgarantie gilt bis Dezember.

The price guarantee is valid until December.

Breakdown of Die Preisgarantie gilt bis Dezember.

• bis: until
• gelten: to be valid
• der Dezember: December
• die Preisgarantie: the price guarantee

Questions & Answers about Die Preisgarantie gilt bis Dezember.

Why is it die Preisgarantie and not der Preisgarantie or das Preisgarantie?

Because Preisgarantie is a feminine noun.

A very useful rule in German is:

• the last part of a compound noun decides its gender

Here, the compound is:

• Preis = price
• Garantie = guarantee

Since Garantie is feminine, the whole compound is feminine:

• die Garantie
• die Preisgarantie

So the sentence starts with Die Preisgarantie.

Why is Preisgarantie written as one word?

German usually writes compound nouns as a single word, where English often uses two words.

So English might say:

• price guarantee

But German combines the parts:

• Preisgarantie

This is completely normal in German. You will see this all the time, for example:

• Haus
  • Tür → Haustür
• Preis
  • Liste → Preisliste

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