Short answer: Kind takes the article das (das Kind). It’s a neuter noun (German: neutral) and means “child” in English.
Kind: word facts
- Article
- das
- Gender
- neutral (neuter)
- English
- Child
- Topic
- Relationships and community
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Kind take das?
No suffix rule covers Kind, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, das words are green. Picture Kind as something green.
See the article rules →Kind in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | das Kind |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | das Kind |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Kind |
