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