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