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