Arbeitsmarkt: der, die or das?
derArbeitsmarkt
Labour market
Short answer: Arbeitsmarkt takes the article der (der Arbeitsmarkt). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “labour market” in English.
Arbeitsmarkt: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Labour market
- Topic
- Career and learning
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Arbeitsmarkt take der?
Arbeitsmarkt is a compound noun. In compounds, the last part decides the article: der Markt → der Arbeitsmarkt.
See the article rules →Arbeitsmarkt in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | der Arbeitsmarkt |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | den Arbeitsmarkt |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Arbeitsmarkt |
More words ending in -markt
They all take der, because the last part decides the article.
