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