Anschreiben: der, die or das?
dasAnschreiben
Cover letter
Short answer: Anschreiben takes the article das (das Anschreiben). It’s a neuter noun (German: neutral) and means “cover letter” in English.
Anschreiben: word facts
- Article
- das
- Gender
- neutral (neuter)
- English
- Cover letter
- Topic
- Career and learning
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Anschreiben take das?
No suffix rule covers Anschreiben, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, das words are green. Picture Anschreiben as something green.
See the article rules →Anschreiben in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | das Anschreiben |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | das Anschreiben |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Anschreiben |
