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Wäscheklammer: der, die or das?

dieWäscheklammer

Clothespin

feminin · feminineHome and daily lifeLevel: Advanced

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

Wäscheklammer: word facts

Article
die
Gender
feminin (feminine)
English
Clothespin
Topic
Home and daily life
Yupo level
Advanced

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Why does Wäscheklammer take die?

Exception: most nouns ending in -er take der, but Wäscheklammer takes die. Learn it together with its article.

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Wäscheklammer in the accusative and dative

Singular, with the definite article

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

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