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