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