Betrieb: der, die or das?
derBetrieb
Company, business
Short answer: Betrieb takes the article der (der Betrieb). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “company, business” in English.
Betrieb: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Company, business
- Topic
- Career and learning
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Betrieb take der?
No suffix rule covers Betrieb, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Betrieb as something blue.
See the article rules →Betrieb in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | der Betrieb |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | den Betrieb |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Betrieb |

