Briefkasten: der, die or das?
derBriefkasten
Mailbox
Short answer: Briefkasten takes the article der (der Briefkasten). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “mailbox” in English.
Briefkasten: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Mailbox
- Topic
- Home and daily life
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Briefkasten take der?
No suffix rule covers Briefkasten, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Briefkasten as something blue.
See the article rules →Briefkasten in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | der Briefkasten |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | den Briefkasten |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Briefkasten |
