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title: "Hilfsbereitschaft: der, die or das? It’s die Hilfsbereitschaft"
description: "Short answer: die Hilfsbereitschaft, “helpfulness”. Accusative: die Hilfsbereitschaft; dative: der Hilfsbereitschaft. Learn why it takes die and test yourself with a mini quiz."
url: https://yupolearn.com/en/word/hilfsbereitschaft/
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# Hilfsbereitschaft: der, die or das?

die Hilfsbereitschaft

Helpfulness

feminin · feminine [Relationships and community](https://yupolearn.com/en/topics/relationships-community/) Level: Advanced

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

## Hilfsbereitschaft: word facts

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

## Check a dictionary

You can also check the article in independent German dictionaries:

- [Hilfsbereitschaft in Duden →](https://www.duden.de/suchen/dudenonline/Hilfsbereitschaft)
- [Hilfsbereitschaft in DWDS →](https://www.dwds.de/wb/Hilfsbereitschaft)

Last updated: October 24, 2026 · [Method](https://yupolearn.com/en/about/#method)

## Why does Hilfsbereitschaft take die?

Nouns ending in -schaft usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 41 of 41 such words take die (100%).

[See the article rules →](https://yupolearn.com/en/german-article-rules/#suffix-schaft)

## Hilfsbereitschaft in the accusative and dative

Singular, with the definite article

| Nominativ subject: who? what? | die Hilfsbereitschaft |
| --- | --- |
| Akkusativ direct object: whom? what? | die Hilfsbereitschaft |
| Dativ indirect object: to whom? | der Hilfsbereitschaft |

## More words ending in -schaft

[die Leidenschaft](https://yupolearn.com/en/word/leidenschaft/) [die Wirtschaft](https://yupolearn.com/en/word/wirtschaft/) [die Botschaft](https://yupolearn.com/en/word/botschaft/) [die Mannschaft](https://yupolearn.com/en/word/mannschaft/) [die Schulgemeinschaft](https://yupolearn.com/en/word/schulgemeinschaft/) [die Gastfreundschaft](https://yupolearn.com/en/word/gastfreundschaft/) [die Vormundschaft](https://yupolearn.com/en/word/vormundschaft/) [die Gefolgschaft](https://yupolearn.com/en/word/gefolgschaft/)

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