Spülmittel: der, die or das?
dasSpülmittel
Washing-up liquid
Short answer: Spülmittel takes the article das (das Spülmittel). It’s a neuter noun (German: neutral) and means “washing-up liquid” in English.
Spülmittel: word facts
- Article
- das
- Gender
- neutral (neuter)
- English
- Washing-up liquid
- Topic
- Home and daily life
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Spülmittel take das?
No suffix rule covers Spülmittel, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, das words are green. Picture Spülmittel as something green.
See the article rules →Spülmittel in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | das Spülmittel |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | das Spülmittel |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Spülmittel |
