What does Softwareentwicklung mean in English?

In English, die Softwareentwicklung means “software development”.

What are the accusative and dative forms of Softwareentwicklung?

Nominative: die Softwareentwicklung. Accusative: die Softwareentwicklung. Dative: der Softwareentwicklung.

Softwareentwicklung: der, die or das?

dieSoftwareentwicklung

Software development

feminin · feminineCareer and learningLevel: Advanced

Short answer: Softwareentwicklung takes the article die (die Softwareentwicklung). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “software development” in English.

Softwareentwicklung: word facts

Article: die
Gender: feminin (feminine)
English: Software development
Topic: Career and learning
Yupo level: Advanced

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Why does Softwareentwicklung 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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Softwareentwicklung in the accusative and dative

Singular, with the definite article

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