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Farbdose: der, die or das?

dieFarbdose

Paint can

feminin · feminineHome and daily lifeLevel: Intermediate

Short answer: Farbdose takes the article die (die Farbdose). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “paint can” in English.

Farbdose: word facts

Article
die
Gender
feminin (feminine)
English
Paint can
Topic
Home and daily life
Yupo level
Intermediate

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Why does Farbdose take die?

Nouns ending in -e usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 583 of 607 such words take die (96%).

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Farbdose in the accusative and dative

Singular, with the definite article

Nominativsubject: who? what?die Farbdose
Akkusativdirect object: whom? what?die Farbdose
Dativindirect object: to whom?der Farbdose

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