Short answer: Karies takes the article die (die Karies). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “tooth decay” in English.
Karies: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Tooth decay
- Topic
- Body and health
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Karies take die?
No suffix rule covers Karies, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, die words are red. Picture Karies as something red.
See the article rules →Karies in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Karies |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Karies |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Karies |
