Auslandsjahr: der, die or das?
dasAuslandsjahr
Year abroad
Short answer: Auslandsjahr takes the article das (das Auslandsjahr). It’s a neuter noun (German: neutral) and means “year abroad” in English.
Auslandsjahr: word facts
- Article
- das
- Gender
- neutral (neuter)
- English
- Year abroad
- Topic
- Relationships and community
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Auslandsjahr take das?
No suffix rule covers Auslandsjahr, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, das words are green. Picture Auslandsjahr as something green.
See the article rules →Auslandsjahr in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | das Auslandsjahr |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | das Auslandsjahr |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Auslandsjahr |
