What does Schraubendreher mean in English?

In English, der Schraubendreher means “screwdriver”.

What are the accusative and dative forms of Schraubendreher?

Nominative: der Schraubendreher. Accusative: den Schraubendreher. Dative: dem Schraubendreher.

Schraubendreher: der, die or das?

derSchraubendreher

Screwdriver

maskulin · masculineHome and daily lifeLevel: Intermediate

Short answer: Schraubendreher takes the article der (der Schraubendreher). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “screwdriver” in English.

Schraubendreher: word facts

Article: der
Gender: maskulin (masculine)
English: Screwdriver
Topic: Home and daily life
Yupo level: Intermediate

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Why does Schraubendreher take der?

Nouns ending in -er usually take der. In Yupo’s list, 290 of 353 such words take der (82%).

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Schraubendreher in the accusative and dative

Singular, with the definite article

Nominativsubject: who? what?	der Schraubendreher
Akkusativdirect object: whom? what?	den Schraubendreher
Dativindirect object: to whom?	dem Schraubendreher