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Sonnenbrille: der, die or das?

dieSonnenbrille

Sunglasses

feminin · feminineTravelLevel: Advanced

Short answer: Sonnenbrille takes the article die (die Sonnenbrille). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “sunglasses” in English.

Sonnenbrille: word facts

Article
die
Gender
feminin (feminine)
English
Sunglasses
Topic
Travel
Yupo level
Advanced

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Why does Sonnenbrille take die?

Nouns ending in -e usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 583 of 607 such words take die (96%).

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Sonnenbrille in the accusative and dative

Singular, with the definite article

Nominativsubject: who? what?die Sonnenbrille
Akkusativdirect object: whom? what?die Sonnenbrille
Dativindirect object: to whom?der Sonnenbrille

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