Short answer: Ölgemälde takes the article das (das Ölgemälde). It’s a neuter noun (German: neutral) and means “oil painting” in English.
Ölgemälde: word facts
- Article
- das
- Gender
- neutral (neuter)
- English
- Oil painting
- Topic
- Culture and arts
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Ölgemälde take das?
Exception: most nouns ending in -e take die, but Ölgemälde takes das. Learn it together with its article.
See the article rules →Ölgemälde in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | das Ölgemälde |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | das Ölgemälde |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Ölgemälde |
