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