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