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Fachwissen

das Fachwissen

Fachwissen is a neuter German noun. Its article is das.

Plural
no plural

Learn the noun together with its article. See the article rules.

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Why is it das Fachwissen?

Fachwissen is a compound noun, and German compounds take the article of their last word: das Wissen. So it’s das Fachwissen.

Sense 1
das

Meaning

[1] The knowledge that someone has from their subject

[1] das Wissen, das jemand von seinem Fach hat

Examples

[1] "The customer may have the financial sovereignty, but unfortunately the company has the superior specialist knowledge"

[1] „Der Kunde hat vielleicht die finanzielle Hoheit, aber leider hat die Firma das überlegene Fachwissen.“

[1] "Linguistics should understand this as an opportunity and speak audibly in the corresponding public discourses with their expertise"

[1] „Die Linguistik sollte dies als Chance begreifen und sich in den entsprechenden öffentlichen Diskursen mit ihrem Fachwissen vernehmlich zu Wort melden.“
More source examples (1)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "His expertise has acquired Stang for years"

[1] „Sein Fachwissen hat sich Stang über Jahre hinweg angeeignet.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ das Fachwissen —
Genitiv des Fachwissens —
Dativ dem Fachwissen —
Akkusativ das Fachwissen —

Pronunciation

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