What does Barrierefreiheit mean in English?

In English, die Barrierefreiheit means “accessibility”.

What are the accusative and dative forms of Barrierefreiheit?

Nominative: die Barrierefreiheit. Accusative: die Barrierefreiheit. Dative: der Barrierefreiheit.

Barrierefreiheit: der, die or das?

dieBarrierefreiheit

Accessibility

feminin · feminineCareer and learningLevel: Advanced

Short answer: Barrierefreiheit takes the article die (die Barrierefreiheit). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “accessibility” in English.

Barrierefreiheit: word facts

Article: die
Gender: feminin (feminine)
English: Accessibility
Topic: Career and learning
Yupo level: Advanced

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Why does Barrierefreiheit take die?

Nouns ending in -heit usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 17 of 17 such words take die (100%).

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Barrierefreiheit in the accusative and dative

Singular, with the definite article

Nominativsubject: who? what?	die Barrierefreiheit
Akkusativdirect object: whom? what?	die Barrierefreiheit
Dativindirect object: to whom?	der Barrierefreiheit