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