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