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