Is it der, die or das Kies?

DER

Kies

The correct article in German of Kies is der. So it is der Kies! (nominative case)

The word Kies is masculine, therefore the correct article is der.

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German declension of Kies?

How does the declension of Kies work in the nominative, accusative, dative and genitive cases? Here you can find all forms in the singular as well as in the plural:

1	Singular	Plural
Nominative	der Kies	die Kiese
Genitive	des Kieses	der Kiese
Dative	dem Kies dem Kiese	den Kiesen
Akkusative	den Kies	die Kiese

What is the meaning of Kies in German?

Kies has various definitions in German:

[1] Loose rock pieces in a grain size of about 3 mm to 30 mm

[1] lose Gesteinsstücke in einer Korngröße von etwa 3 mm bis 30 mm

[2] Building material and construction supplant, filter material [1]

[2] Baustoff und Bauzuschlagstoff, Filtermaterial aus [1]

[3] Without pluralia salops: (bares) money

[3] ohne Plural; salopp: (bares) Geld

How to use Kies in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Kies with translations in English.

[1] Das Ufer des Flusses besteht aus Kies.

[1] The shore of the river consists of gravel

[1] „Der vulkanische Kies ist ein hervorragender Boden, die Besonnung ist kräftig; die Trauben, die hier gelesen werden, ergeben einen sehr wohlduftenden Muskatwein.“[2]

[1] "The volcanic gravel is an excellent soil, the particularness is vigorously the grapes that are read here, result in a very well-humorous muscat wine" [2]

[2] Der Weg ist aus Kies.

[2] The way is from gravel

[3] Wo hast du den Kies versteckt?

[3] Where did you hide the gravel?

Pictures or photos of Kies

[1] Kies an einem Strand in Griechenland