Short answer: Pinzette takes the article die (die Pinzette). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “tweezers” in English.
Pinzette: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Tweezers
- Topic
- Body and health
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Pinzette take die?
Nouns ending in -ette usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 14 of 16 such words take die (87%).
See the article rules →Pinzette in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Pinzette |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Pinzette |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Pinzette |
