Bachelorarbeit: der, die or das?
dieBachelorarbeit
Bachelor's thesis
Short answer: Bachelorarbeit takes the article die (die Bachelorarbeit). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “bachelor's thesis” in English.
Bachelorarbeit: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Bachelor's thesis
- Topic
- Career and learning
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Bachelorarbeit take die?
Bachelorarbeit is a compound noun. In compounds, the last part decides the article: die Arbeit → die Bachelorarbeit.
See the article rules →Bachelorarbeit in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Bachelorarbeit |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Bachelorarbeit |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Bachelorarbeit |
More words ending in -arbeit
They all take die, because the last part decides the article.

