Short answer: Kopilot takes the article der (der Kopilot). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “co-pilot” in English.
Kopilot: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Co-pilot
- Topic
- Travel
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Kopilot take der?
No suffix rule covers Kopilot, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Kopilot as something blue.
See the article rules →Remember it by color
In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Kopilot as something blue.
Always say and write the word with its article: not “Kopilot” but “der Kopilot”.

