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The article for

Patenschaft

die Patenschaft

Patenschaft is a feminine German noun. Its article is die.

Plural
die Patenschaften
English
sponsorship, mentoring relationship
Level
C1

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Why is it die Patenschaft?

Patenschaft ends in -schaft, and almost all nouns ending in -schaft are feminine: in a German dictionary, 95% of them take die.

All nouns ending in -schaft
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die

Meaning

[1] Voluntary assumption of a duty of care, mostly for people

[1] freiwillige Übernahme einer Fürsorgepflicht, meist für Personen

Examples

[1] Would you like to sponsor my daughter

[1] Möchtest du die Patenschaft für meine Tochter übernehmen?

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Patenschaft die Patenschaften
Genitiv der Patenschaft der Patenschaften
Dativ der Patenschaft den Patenschaften
Akkusativ die Patenschaft die Patenschaften

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