Sonnencreme-Tube: der, die or das?
dieSonnencreme-Tube
Sunscreen tube
Short answer: Sonnencreme-Tube takes the article die (die Sonnencreme-Tube). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “sunscreen tube” in English.
Sonnencreme-Tube: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Sunscreen tube
- Topic
- Travel
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Sonnencreme-Tube take die?
Nouns ending in -e usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 583 of 607 such words take die (96%).
See the article rules →Remember it by color
In Yupo, die words are red. Picture Sonnencreme-Tube as something red.
Always say and write the word with its article: not “Sonnencreme-Tube” but “die Sonnencreme-Tube”.
