Im Hof stehen vier Mülltonnen in vier Farben. There are four bins in four colours in the courtyard.

noun · A2

die Mülltonne

[ˈmʏlˌtɔnə]

bin, rubbish bin, dustbin

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Ich finde die Mülltonne für Glas nicht.

I can't find the bin for glass.
Siehst du die blaue Mülltonne da hinten?

Do you see the blue bin back there?
Frau Hilde, welche Mülltonne ist für Papier?

Frau Hilde, which bin is for paper?

The noun in the four cases, with the definite article.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative wer? was?	die Mülltonne	die Mülltonnen
Accusative wen? was?	die Mülltonne	die Mülltonnen
Dative wem?	der Mülltonne	den Mülltonnen
Genitive wessen?	der Mülltonne	der Mülltonnen

Müll root tonne root

A compound: der Müll + die Tonne

The last word gives the article. More rules

der Mülldie Tonneder Mülleimerdie Biotonne

den Müll rausbringen die Dose die Energie heizen die Heizung lüften der Müll das Pfand das Plastik rausbringen sauber schmutzig

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