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Für dieses Referat bekomme ich viel Lob von der Dozentin.
Meaning
For this presentation I receive a lot of praise from the lecturer.
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Questions & Answers about Für dieses Referat bekomme ich viel Lob von der Dozentin.
Why is it für dieses Referat and not für diese Referat?
Referat is a neuter noun in German. The demonstrative/article dies- has to agree with it in gender, number, and case.
- für always takes the accusative.
- Neuter accusative singular of dies- is dieses.
So:
- masculine accusative: diesen Mann
- feminine accusative: diese Frau
- neuter accusative: dieses Referat
- plural accusative: diese Referate
Therefore für dieses Referat is correct; für diese Referat would only work if Referat were feminine or plural, which it is not.
What gender and case is dieses Referat, and how would it look in other cases?