Short answer: Kaffee takes the article der (der Kaffee). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “coffee” in English.
Kaffee: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Coffee
- Topic
- Food and drink
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Kaffee take der?
No suffix rule covers Kaffee, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Kaffee as something blue.
See the article rules →Remember it by color
In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Kaffee as something blue.
Always say and write the word with its article: not “Kaffee” but “der Kaffee”.
