Nähmaschine: der, die or das?
dieNähmaschine
Sewing machine
Short answer: Nähmaschine takes the article die (die Nähmaschine). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “sewing machine” in English.
Nähmaschine: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Sewing machine
- Topic
- Home and daily life
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Nähmaschine take die?
Nouns ending in -ine usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 21 of 21 such words take die (100%).
See the article rules →Nähmaschine in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Nähmaschine |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Nähmaschine |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Nähmaschine |
