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