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

