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