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