What does Mitbestimmung mean in English?

In English, die Mitbestimmung means “co-determination”.

What are the accusative and dative forms of Mitbestimmung?

Nominative: die Mitbestimmung. Accusative: die Mitbestimmung. Dative: der Mitbestimmung.

Mitbestimmung: der, die or das?

dieMitbestimmung

Co-determination

feminin · feminineCareer and learningLevel: Advanced

Short answer: Mitbestimmung takes the article die (die Mitbestimmung). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “co-determination” in English.

Mitbestimmung: word facts

Article: die
Gender: feminin (feminine)
English: Co-determination
Topic: Career and learning
Yupo level: Advanced

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Why does Mitbestimmung take die?

Nouns ending in -ung usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 227 of 227 such words take die (100%).

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Mitbestimmung in the accusative and dative

Singular, with the definite article

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

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