Lebenslauf: der, die or das?
derLebenslauf
Curriculum vitae
Short answer: Lebenslauf takes the article der (der Lebenslauf). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “curriculum vitae” in English.
Lebenslauf: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Curriculum vitae
- Topic
- Career and learning
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Lebenslauf take der?
No suffix rule covers Lebenslauf, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Lebenslauf as something blue.
See the article rules →Lebenslauf in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | der Lebenslauf |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | den Lebenslauf |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Lebenslauf |
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