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