Short answer: Küken takes the article das (das Küken). It’s a neuter noun (German: neutral) and means “chick” in English.
Küken: word facts
- Article
- das
- Gender
- neutral (neuter)
- English
- Chick
- Topic
- Nature and the outdoors
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Küken take das?
No suffix rule covers Küken, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, das words are green. Picture Küken as something green.
See the article rules →Küken in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | das Küken |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | das Küken |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Küken |
