Short answer: Kost takes the article die (die Kost). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “fare” in English.
Kost: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Fare
- Topic
- Food and drink
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Kost take die?
No suffix rule covers Kost, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, die words are red. Picture Kost as something red.
See the article rules →Kost in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Kost |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Kost |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Kost |
