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Lotte schreibt ihre Hausarbeit am Laptop. Lotte is writing her term paper on her laptop.

noun · B1

die Hausarbeit

[ˈhaʊ̯sʔaʁˌbaɪ̯t]

term paper, essay

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  • Bis wann musst du die Hausarbeit abgeben?

    When do you have to hand in the term paper?

  • Wir haben die ganze Nacht an unserer Hausarbeit gesessen.

    We spent the whole night working on our term paper.

  • Frau Hilde liest Lottes Hausarbeit und korrigiert die Kommafehler.

    Frau Hilde reads Lotte's term paper and corrects the comma mistakes.

Grammar

Plural
die Hausarbeiten 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? die Hausarbeit die Hausarbeiten
Accusative wen? was? die Hausarbeit die Hausarbeiten
Dative wem? der Hausarbeit den Hausarbeiten
Genitive wessen? der Hausarbeit der Hausarbeiten
Beim Korrigieren der Hausarbeiten entdeckt Lotte ein Plagiat: Eine ganze Seite stammt wörtlich aus einem Blog. While grading the seminar papers, Lotte discovers a case of plagiarism: a whole page comes word for word from a blog.

How the Word Is Built

Haus root arbeit root

A compound: das Haus + die Arbeit

The last word gives the article. More rules

Word family

In Otti's situations: Lotte prepares for her exams

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