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