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