Freiwilligenarbeit: der, die or das?
dieFreiwilligenarbeit
Volunteering
Short answer: Freiwilligenarbeit takes the article die (die Freiwilligenarbeit). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “volunteering” in English.
Freiwilligenarbeit: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Volunteering
- Topic
- Relationships and community
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Freiwilligenarbeit take die?
Freiwilligenarbeit is a compound noun. In compounds, the last part decides the article: die Arbeit → die Freiwilligenarbeit.
See the article rules →Freiwilligenarbeit in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Freiwilligenarbeit |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Freiwilligenarbeit |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Freiwilligenarbeit |
More words ending in -arbeit
They all take die, because the last part decides the article.
