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