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