Short answer: Abitur takes the article das (das Abitur). It’s a neuter noun (German: neutral) and means “A-levels” in English.
Abitur: word facts
- Article
- das
- Gender
- neutral (neuter)
- English
- A-levels
- Topic
- Career and learning
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Abitur take das?
Exception: most nouns ending in -ur take die, but Abitur takes das. Learn it together with its article.
See the article rules →Abitur in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | das Abitur |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | das Abitur |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Abitur |
