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