What does Gastfreundschaft mean in English?

In English, die Gastfreundschaft means “hospitality”.

What are the accusative and dative forms of Gastfreundschaft?

Nominative: die Gastfreundschaft. Accusative: die Gastfreundschaft. Dative: der Gastfreundschaft.

Gastfreundschaft: der, die or das?

dieGastfreundschaft

Hospitality

feminin · feminineRelationships and communityLevel: Advanced

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

Gastfreundschaft: word facts

Article: die
Gender: feminin (feminine)
English: Hospitality
Topic: Relationships and community
Yupo level: Advanced

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Why does Gastfreundschaft take die?

Nouns ending in -schaft usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 37 of 37 such words take die (100%).

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Gastfreundschaft in the accusative and dative

Singular, with the definite article

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