Vorstellungsgespräch: der, die or das?
dasVorstellungsgespräch
Job interview
Short answer: Vorstellungsgespräch takes the article das (das Vorstellungsgespräch). It’s a neuter noun (German: neutral) and means “job interview” in English.
Vorstellungsgespräch: word facts
- Article
- das
- Gender
- neutral (neuter)
- English
- Job interview
- Topic
- Career and learning
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Vorstellungsgespräch take das?
Vorstellungsgespräch is a compound noun. In compounds, the last part decides the article: das Gespräch → das Vorstellungsgespräch.
See the article rules →Vorstellungsgespräch in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | das Vorstellungsgespräch |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | das Vorstellungsgespräch |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Vorstellungsgespräch |
More words ending in -gespräch
They all take das, because the last part decides the article.
