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