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