Short answer: Korn takes the article das (das Korn). It’s a neuter noun (German: neutral) and means “grain” in English.
Korn: word facts
- Article
- das
- Gender
- neutral (neuter)
- English
- Grain
- Topic
- Nature and the outdoors
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Korn take das?
No suffix rule covers Korn, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, das words are green. Picture Korn as something green.
See the article rules →Korn in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | das Korn |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | das Korn |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Korn |
