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