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