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