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