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