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