What does Bewerbungsmappe mean in English?

In English, die Bewerbungsmappe means “application portfolio”.

What are the accusative and dative forms of Bewerbungsmappe?

Nominative: die Bewerbungsmappe. Accusative: die Bewerbungsmappe. Dative: der Bewerbungsmappe.

Bewerbungsmappe: der, die or das?

dieBewerbungsmappe

Application portfolio

feminin · feminineCareer and learningLevel: Advanced

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

Bewerbungsmappe: word facts

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

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Why does Bewerbungsmappe take die?

Nouns ending in -e usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 583 of 607 such words take die (96%).

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Bewerbungsmappe in the accusative and dative

Singular, with the definite article

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