What does Instandhaltung mean in English?

In English, die Instandhaltung means “maintenance”.

What are the accusative and dative forms of Instandhaltung?

Nominative: die Instandhaltung. Accusative: die Instandhaltung. Dative: der Instandhaltung.

Instandhaltung: der, die or das?

dieInstandhaltung

Maintenance

feminin · feminineCareer and learningLevel: Advanced

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

Instandhaltung: word facts

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

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Why does Instandhaltung 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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Instandhaltung in the accusative and dative

Singular, with the definite article

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

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