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