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

