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