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