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