Kleiderschrank: der, die or das?
derKleiderschrank
Wardrobe
Short answer: Kleiderschrank takes the article der (der Kleiderschrank). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “wardrobe” in English.
Kleiderschrank: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Wardrobe
- Topic
- Home and daily life
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Kleiderschrank take der?
No suffix rule covers Kleiderschrank, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Kleiderschrank as something blue.
See the article rules →Kleiderschrank in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | der Kleiderschrank |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | den Kleiderschrank |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Kleiderschrank |
