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