Desinfektionsmittel: der, die or das?
dasDesinfektionsmittel
Disinfectant
Short answer: Desinfektionsmittel takes the article das (das Desinfektionsmittel). It’s a neuter noun (German: neutral) and means “disinfectant” in English.
Desinfektionsmittel: word facts
- Article
- das
- Gender
- neutral (neuter)
- English
- Disinfectant
- Topic
- Travel
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Desinfektionsmittel take das?
No suffix rule covers Desinfektionsmittel, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, das words are green. Picture Desinfektionsmittel as something green.
See the article rules →Desinfektionsmittel in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | das Desinfektionsmittel |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | das Desinfektionsmittel |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Desinfektionsmittel |
