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