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