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Frida hat ein Ehrenamt im Nachbarschaftscafé und hilft dort jeden Samstag. Frida volunteers at the neighbourhood café and helps out there every Saturday.

noun · B1

das Ehrenamt

[ˈeːʁənˌʔamt]

volunteer work, voluntary position

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Grammar

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

Declension

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

Case Singular Plural Example
Nominative wer? was? das Ehrenamt die Ehrenämter
Accusative wen? was? das Ehrenamt die Ehrenämter
Dative wem? dem Ehrenamt den Ehrenämtern
Solche Begegnungen sind für mich das Schönste am Ehrenamt. Encounters like these are the best thing about volunteering for me.
Genitive wessen? des Ehrenamts der Ehrenämter

How the Word Is Built

Ehre root n linking letter amt root

A compound: Ehre + das Amt

The last word gives the article. More rules

Word family

ehrenamtlichdie Ehre

In Otti's situations: Frida volunteers

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