Der, die or das?

der Bauarbeiter

masculine noun · construction worker · level A1

The plural

die Bauarbeiter - in the plural, every German noun takes the article die.

Example

Dort arbeitet der Bauarbeiter auf der Baustelle.
There, the construction worker works at the construction site.

Why der?

"Bauarbeiter" doesn't follow any of the 35 gender rules - it belongs to the words you learn together with their article, as one unit: der Bauarbeiter. That's exactly what the app's spaced repetition is for.

Words from the same topic (Work (basics))

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