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