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