Lehrjahr: der, die or das?
dasLehrjahr
Apprenticeship year
Short answer: Lehrjahr takes the article das (das Lehrjahr). It’s a neuter noun (German: neutral) and means “apprenticeship year” in English.
Lehrjahr: word facts
- Article
- das
- Gender
- neutral (neuter)
- English
- Apprenticeship year
- Topic
- Career and learning
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Lehrjahr take das?
No suffix rule covers Lehrjahr, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, das words are green. Picture Lehrjahr as something green.
See the article rules →Lehrjahr in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | das Lehrjahr |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | das Lehrjahr |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Lehrjahr |
