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