Arbeitssicherheit: der, die or das?
dieArbeitssicherheit
Occupational safety
Short answer: Arbeitssicherheit takes the article die (die Arbeitssicherheit). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “occupational safety” in English.
Arbeitssicherheit: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Occupational safety
- Topic
- Career and learning
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Arbeitssicherheit take die?
Nouns ending in -heit usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 17 of 17 such words take die (100%).
See the article rules →Arbeitssicherheit in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Arbeitssicherheit |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Arbeitssicherheit |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Arbeitssicherheit |
