Bachelor: der, die or das?
derBachelor
Bachelor's degree
Short answer: Bachelor takes the article der (der Bachelor). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “bachelor's degree” in English.
Bachelor: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Bachelor's degree
- Topic
- Career and learning
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Bachelor take der?
Nouns ending in -or usually take der. In Yupo’s list, 12 of 13 such words take der (92%).
See the article rules →Bachelor in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | der Bachelor |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | den Bachelor |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Bachelor |
