Arbeitszeit: der, die or das?
dieArbeitszeit
Working hours
Short answer: Arbeitszeit takes the article die (die Arbeitszeit). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “working hours” in English.
Arbeitszeit: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Working hours
- Topic
- Career and learning
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Arbeitszeit take die?
No suffix rule covers Arbeitszeit, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, die words are red. Picture Arbeitszeit as something red.
See the article rules →Arbeitszeit in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Arbeitszeit |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Arbeitszeit |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Arbeitszeit |
