Fensterbank: der, die or das?
dieFensterbank
Window sill
Short answer: Fensterbank takes the article die (die Fensterbank). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “window sill” in English.
Fensterbank: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Window sill
- Topic
- Home and daily life
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Last updated: · Method
Why does Fensterbank take die?
No suffix rule covers Fensterbank, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, die words are red. Picture Fensterbank as something red.
See the article rules →Fensterbank in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Fensterbank |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Fensterbank |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Fensterbank |

