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