Arbeitslosenversicherung: der, die or das?
dieArbeitslosenversicherung
Unemployment insurance
Short answer: Arbeitslosenversicherung takes the article die (die Arbeitslosenversicherung). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “unemployment insurance” in English.
Arbeitslosenversicherung: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Unemployment insurance
- Topic
- Career and learning
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Arbeitslosenversicherung take die?
Nouns ending in -ung usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 227 of 227 such words take die (100%).
See the article rules →Arbeitslosenversicherung in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Arbeitslosenversicherung |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Arbeitslosenversicherung |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Arbeitslosenversicherung |
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