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Teppichmesser

das Teppichmesser

Teppichmesser is a neuter German noun. Its article is das.

Plural
die Teppichmesser
English
box cutter, utility knife, Stanley knife
Topic
Tools

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Why is it das Teppichmesser?

Teppichmesser ends in -er. Most nouns with this ending are masculine (86% take der), but Teppichmesser is an exception: das Teppichmesser.

The other -er exceptions
Sense 1
das

Meaning

[1] Knife with a blade that can be canceled and thus a new, sharp blade is available

[1] Messer mit einer Klinge, die abgebrochen werden kann und somit eine neue, scharfe Klinge zur Verfügung steht

Examples

[1] I lost the carpet knife

[1] Ich habe das Teppichmesser verloren.

[1] "Most recently, a French pensioner couple had found the blade of a carpet knife out of the rifle on New Year's Eve in his beef goulash"

[1] „Zuletzt hatte ein französisches Rentnerpaar am Silvesterabend in seinem Rindsgulasch aus der Büchse die Klinge eines Teppichmessers gefunden.“
More source examples (1)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "In the food under his mattress, he had hidden a carpet knife that he had stolen from his father's tool belt"

[1] „Im Futter unter seiner Matratze hatte er ein Teppichmesser versteckt, das er aus dem Werkzeuggürtel seines Vaters geklaut hatte.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ das Teppichmesser die Teppichmesser
Genitiv des Teppichmessers der Teppichmesser
Dativ dem Teppichmesser den Teppichmessern
Akkusativ das Teppichmesser die Teppichmesser

Pronunciation

In context

[1] Teppichmesser
[1] Teppichmesser Wikimedia Commons

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