Spülmaschine: der, die or das?
dieSpülmaschine
Dishwasher
Short answer: Spülmaschine takes the article die (die Spülmaschine). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “dishwasher” in English.
Spülmaschine: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Dishwasher
- Topic
- Food and drink
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Spülmaschine take die?
Nouns ending in -ine usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 21 of 21 such words take die (100%).
See the article rules →Spülmaschine in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Spülmaschine |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Spülmaschine |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Spülmaschine |
