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Frida is doing an apprenticeship at a bike workshop.
Frida macht eine Ausbildung in einer Fahrradwerkstatt. Frida is doing an apprenticeship at a bike workshop.

noun · A2

die Ausbildung

[ˈaʊ̯sˌbɪldʊŋ]

vocational training, apprenticeship, education

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Grammar

Plural
die Ausbildungen In the plural the article is always "die".

Nouns ending in -ung are usually feminine: die Ausbildung. Der, Die or Das? The Rules

Declension

The noun in the four cases, with the definite article.

Case Singular Plural Example
Nominative wer? was? die Ausbildung die Ausbildungen
Accusative wen? was? die Ausbildung die Ausbildungen
Dative wem? der Ausbildung den Ausbildungen
Habt ihr euch nach der Ausbildung noch weitergebildet? Did you do any further training after your apprenticeship?
Genitive wessen? der Ausbildung der Ausbildungen

How the Word Is Built

Aus prefix bild root ung suffix

aus-
out: aussteigen (to get off), ausgehen (to go out). Separable: Wir steigen aus.
-ung
a noun from a verb, always feminine: wohnen → die Wohnung (flat), rechnen → die Rechnung (bill).

Word family

ausbildendie Bildungder Ausbilderdie Weiterbildung

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