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