Kehrmaschine: der, die or das?
dieKehrmaschine
Street sweeper
Short answer: Kehrmaschine takes the article die (die Kehrmaschine). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “street sweeper” in English.
Kehrmaschine: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Street sweeper
- Topic
- City and transport
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Kehrmaschine take die?
Nouns ending in -ine usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 25 of 25 such words take die (100%).
See the article rules →Kehrmaschine in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Kehrmaschine |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Kehrmaschine |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Kehrmaschine |
