Erste-Hilfe-Box: der, die or das?
dieErste-Hilfe-Box
First aid box
Short answer: Erste-Hilfe-Box takes the article die (die Erste-Hilfe-Box). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “first aid box” in English.
Erste-Hilfe-Box: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- First aid box
- Topic
- Travel
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Erste-Hilfe-Box take die?
No suffix rule covers Erste-Hilfe-Box, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, die words are red. Picture Erste-Hilfe-Box as something red.
See the article rules →Remember it by color
In Yupo, die words are red. Picture Erste-Hilfe-Box as something red.
Always say and write the word with its article: not “Erste-Hilfe-Box” but “die Erste-Hilfe-Box”.
