Compound nouns: the last word decides
Teilzeit die
Always In 98.9% of 6,721 common compound nouns, the article comes from the last word.
The last part decides the article: die Zeit, so die Teilzeit.
der, die oder das Teilzeit?
die Teilzeit
It's die Teilzeit. Teilzeit is feminine.
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- Plural
- No plural
- Used in the singular
- Meaning
- part time
- In our course
- A1
- Work & jobs
Example
Sie arbeitet Teilzeit.
She works part time.