Anwesenheitspflicht: der, die or das?
dieAnwesenheitspflicht
Compulsory attendance
Short answer: Anwesenheitspflicht takes the article die (die Anwesenheitspflicht). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “compulsory attendance” in English.
Anwesenheitspflicht: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Compulsory attendance
- Topic
- Career and learning
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Anwesenheitspflicht take die?
No suffix rule covers Anwesenheitspflicht, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, die words are red. Picture Anwesenheitspflicht as something red.
See the article rules →Anwesenheitspflicht in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Anwesenheitspflicht |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Anwesenheitspflicht |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Anwesenheitspflicht |
