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