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