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Windel: der, die or das?

dieWindel

Diaper

feminin · feminineHome and daily lifeLevel: Beginner

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

Windel: word facts

Article
die
Gender
feminin (feminine)
English
Diaper
Topic
Home and daily life
Yupo level
Beginner

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Why does Windel take die?

No suffix rule covers Windel, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, die words are red. Picture Windel as something red.

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Windel in the accusative and dative

Singular, with the definite article

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

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