Putzmittel: der, die or das?
dasPutzmittel
Cleaning product
Short answer: Putzmittel takes the article das (das Putzmittel). It’s a neuter noun (German: neutral) and means “cleaning product” in English.
Putzmittel: word facts
- Article
- das
- Gender
- neutral (neuter)
- English
- Cleaning product
- Topic
- Home and daily life
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Putzmittel take das?
No suffix rule covers Putzmittel, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, das words are green. Picture Putzmittel as something green.
See the article rules →Putzmittel in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | das Putzmittel |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | das Putzmittel |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Putzmittel |
