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