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Der, die or das Arbeitsamt?

das Arbeitsamt

Gender
neuter
English
employment office
Plural
die Arbeitsämter

Why is it das Arbeitsamt?

No ending or meaning rule gives away the gender of Arbeitsamt. Like many everyday German nouns, it has to be learned together with its article: das Arbeitsamt.

For the endings that do predict gender, see the Der-Die-Das rules guide.

Example sentences

Arbeitsamt in the four cases

The article changes with the case. The highlighted column shows the forms to use with Arbeitsamt: definite article first, then the indefinite article.

MasculineFeminineNeuterPlural
Nominativeder / eindie / einedas / eindie
Accusativeden / einendie / einedas / eindie
Dativedem / einemder / einerdem / einemden
Genitivedes / einesder / einerdes / einesder

Arbeitsamt is one of about 1,700 common nouns in the free Der-Die-Das trainer. Short daily rounds with spaced repetition make the article stick.

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