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