Der Fahrradständer hält das Fahrrad.

The bicycle kickstand holds the bicycle.

Breakdown of Der Fahrradständer hält das Fahrrad.

• das Fahrrad: the bicycle
• halten: to hold
• der Fahrradständer: the bicycle kickstand

Questions & Answers about Der Fahrradständer hält das Fahrrad.

Why is it der Fahrradständer but das Fahrrad?

Because German nouns have grammatical gender, and the article has to match the noun.

• der Fahrradständer = the bike stand / bike rack
• das Fahrrad = the bicycle

There is no special reason in this sentence itself; these are simply the genders of those nouns, and you need to learn them with the noun.

A helpful tip:

• words ending in -er are often masculine, so der Ständer fits that pattern
• das Fahrrad is a neuter noun, so it takes das

Why is Fahrradständer written as one long word?

German very often combines nouns into compound nouns.

Here:

• das Fahrrad = bicycle
• der Ständer = stand

Together:

• der Fahrradständer = bicycle stand / bike rack

In German, these are usually written as one word, not as separate words like in English.

Also, the last part of the compound usually decides:

• the gender: der Fahrradständer
• the plural pattern

So even though Fahrrad is das, the full compound is der because the final part is Ständer.

Why does the sentence use das Fahrrad and not dem Fahrrad or den Fahrrad?