Short answer: Zahnpasta takes the article die (die Zahnpasta). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “toothpaste” in English.
Zahnpasta: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Toothpaste
- Topic
- Travel
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Zahnpasta take die?
No suffix rule covers Zahnpasta, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, die words are red. Picture Zahnpasta as something red.
See the article rules →Zahnpasta in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Zahnpasta |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Zahnpasta |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Zahnpasta |
