What does Initiativbewerbung mean in English?

In English, die Initiativbewerbung means “unsolicited application”.

What are the accusative and dative forms of Initiativbewerbung?

Nominative: die Initiativbewerbung. Accusative: die Initiativbewerbung. Dative: der Initiativbewerbung.

Initiativbewerbung: der, die or das?

dieInitiativbewerbung

Unsolicited application

feminin · feminineCareer and learningLevel: Advanced

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

Initiativbewerbung: word facts

Article: die
Gender: feminin (feminine)
English: Unsolicited application
Topic: Career and learning
Yupo level: Advanced

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Why does Initiativbewerbung take die?

Nouns ending in -ung usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 227 of 227 such words take die (100%).

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Initiativbewerbung in the accusative and dative

Singular, with the definite article

Nominativsubject: who? what?	die Initiativbewerbung
Akkusativdirect object: whom? what?	die Initiativbewerbung
Dativindirect object: to whom?	der Initiativbewerbung