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