What does Weiterbildung mean in English?

In English, die Weiterbildung means “continuing education”.

What are the accusative and dative forms of Weiterbildung?

Nominative: die Weiterbildung. Accusative: die Weiterbildung. Dative: der Weiterbildung.

Weiterbildung: der, die or das?

dieWeiterbildung

Continuing education

feminin · feminineCareer and learningLevel: Advanced

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

Weiterbildung: word facts

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

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Why does Weiterbildung 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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Weiterbildung in the accusative and dative

Singular, with the definite article

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

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