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

