Cousine: der, die or das?
dieCousine
Cousin
Short answer: Cousine takes the article die (die Cousine). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “cousin” in English.
Cousine: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Cousin
- Topic
- Relationships and community
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Cousine take die?
Nouns ending in -ine usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 21 of 21 such words take die (100%).
See the article rules →Cousine in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Cousine |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Cousine |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Cousine |
