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