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