Short answer: Kuh takes the article die (die Kuh). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “cow” in English.
Kuh: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Cow
- Topic
- Nature and the outdoors
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Kuh take die?
No suffix rule covers Kuh, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, die words are red. Picture Kuh as something red.
See the article rules →Kuh in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Kuh |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Kuh |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Kuh |
