Waschmaschine: der, die or das?
dieWaschmaschine
Washing machine
Short answer: Waschmaschine takes the article die (die Waschmaschine). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “washing machine” in English.
Waschmaschine: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Washing machine
- Topic
- Home and daily life
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Waschmaschine 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 →Waschmaschine in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Waschmaschine |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Waschmaschine |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Waschmaschine |
