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das Glühwürmchen

like das Blatt

Is it der, die or das Glühwürmchen?

It's das Glühwürmchen. Plural: die Glühwürmchen.

Meaning
firefly
Gender
neuter
Level
B1 · Animals
Riddle
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Why it's das: -chen / -lein

Little things: -chen and -lein make every word das, even das Mädchen. Only the little-thing ending counts: der Kuchen and der Knochen just end in -chen. Glühwürmchen follows the rule.

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Glühwürmchen in other languages

Czech
světluška
Slovak
svetluška
Hungarian
szentjánosbogár
Slovenian
kresnica
Italian
lucciola
Croatian
krijesnica
Bosnian
krijesnica
Serbian
svitac
Romanian
licurici
Polish
świetlik
Ukrainian
світлячок
Turkish
ateşböceği
Arabic
يراعة
Persian
کرم شب‌تاب
Dari (Afghanistan)
کرم شب‌تاب
Pashto (Afghanistan)
شب‌تاب

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