Short answer: Zange takes the article die (die Zange). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “tongs” in English.
Zange: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Tongs
- Topic
- Food and drink
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Zange take die?
Nouns ending in -e usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 583 of 607 such words take die (96%).
See the article rules →Zange in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Zange |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Zange |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Zange |
