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