Singular
Bedienung
service
Why does the noun Bedienung have the article die?
Nouns ending in -ung are always feminine. Look at the bolded -ung in the noun above — that suffix is the giveaway.
Examples
die Zeitung (newspaper), die Wohnung (apartment), die Bildung (education), die Hoffnung (hope), die Übung (exercise), die Meinung (opinion), die Erfahrung (experience)
Exceptions
der Sprung (jump), der Schwung (momentum) - these are verb stems, not the -ung suffix
Declension table for German noun Bedienung
How it changes across the four cases.
| Case | Definite | Indefinite | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Bedienung | eine Bedienung | — |
| Akkusativ | die Bedienung | eine Bedienung | — |
| Dativ | der Bedienung | einer Bedienung | — |
| Genitiv | der Bedienung | einer Bedienung | — |
| Nominativ | die Bedienungen | — Bedienungen | — |
| Akkusativ | die Bedienungen | — Bedienungen | — |
| Dativ | den Bedienungen | — Bedienungen | — |
| Genitiv | der Bedienungen | — Bedienungen | — |
Examples in context
Real sentences using Bedienung in different cases.
| Case | Definite | Indefinite | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | — | ||
| Akkusativ | — | ||
| Dativ | — | ||
| Genitiv | — | ||
| Nominativ | — | ||
| Akkusativ | — | ||
| Dativ | — | ||
| Genitiv | — |
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Frequently asked questions
Everything you might wonder about der, die, das — and the Der Artikel app.
Is it der, die, or das Bedienung?
What is the plural of die Bedienung?
What does die Bedienung mean in English?
How do you decline die Bedienung?
- Nominativ: die Bedienung
- Akkusativ: die Bedienung
- Dativ: der Bedienung
- Genitiv: der Bedienung
These changes are necessary because German uses cases to indicate the noun’s role in a sentence (such as the subject or object). Knowing these forms allows you to build grammatically correct sentences.