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