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