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Kleiderständer: der, die or das?

derKleiderständer

Clothes rack

maskulin · masculineHome and daily lifeLevel: Advanced

Short answer: Kleiderständer takes the article der (der Kleiderständer). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “clothes rack” in English.

Kleiderständer: word facts

Article
der
Gender
maskulin (masculine)
English
Clothes rack
Topic
Home and daily life
Yupo level
Advanced

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Why does Kleiderständer take der?

Nouns ending in -er usually take der. In Yupo’s list, 179 of 221 such words take der (80%).

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Kleiderständer in the accusative and dative

Singular, with the definite article

Nominativsubject: who? what?der Kleiderständer
Akkusativdirect object: whom? what?den Kleiderständer
Dativindirect object: to whom?dem Kleiderständer

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