What does Kompetenzlücke mean in English?

In English, die Kompetenzlücke means “skills gap”.

What are the accusative and dative forms of Kompetenzlücke?

Nominative: die Kompetenzlücke. Accusative: die Kompetenzlücke. Dative: der Kompetenzlücke.

Kompetenzlücke: der, die or das?

dieKompetenzlücke

Skills gap

feminin · feminineCareer and learningLevel: Advanced

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

Kompetenzlücke: word facts

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

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Why does Kompetenzlücke take die?

Nouns ending in -e usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 583 of 607 such words take die (96%).

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Kompetenzlücke in the accusative and dative

Singular, with the definite article

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