Bohrmaschine: der, die or das?
dieBohrmaschine
Drill
Short answer: Bohrmaschine takes the article die (die Bohrmaschine). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “drill” in English.
Bohrmaschine: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Drill
- Topic
- Home and daily life
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Bohrmaschine take die?
Nouns ending in -ine usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 25 of 25 such words take die (100%).
See the article rules →Bohrmaschine in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Bohrmaschine |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Bohrmaschine |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Bohrmaschine |
