Putzeimer: der, die or das?
derPutzeimer
Cleaning bucket
Short answer: Putzeimer takes the article der (der Putzeimer). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “cleaning bucket” in English.
Putzeimer: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Cleaning bucket
- Topic
- Home and daily life
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Putzeimer take der?
Nouns ending in -er usually take der. In Yupo’s list, 290 of 353 such words take der (82%).
See the article rules →Putzeimer in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | der Putzeimer |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | den Putzeimer |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Putzeimer |
