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