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