Betriebsrat: der, die or das?
derBetriebsrat
Works council
Short answer: Betriebsrat takes the article der (der Betriebsrat). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “works council” in English.
Betriebsrat: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Works council
- Topic
- Career and learning
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Betriebsrat take der?
Betriebsrat is a compound noun. In compounds, the last part decides the article: der Rat → der Betriebsrat.
See the article rules →Remember it by color
In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Betriebsrat as something blue.
Always say and write the word with its article: not “Betriebsrat” but “der Betriebsrat”.
More words ending in -rat
They all take der, because the last part decides the article.
