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