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