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das Meerschweinchen
like das Blatt
Is it der, die or das Meerschweinchen?
It's das Meerschweinchen. Plural: die Meerschweinchen.
- Meaning
- guinea pig
- Gender
- neuter
- Level
- A2 · Animals
- Riddle
- In the app with Pro
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. Meerschweinchen follows the rule.
Meerschweinchen in other languages
- Czech
- morče
- Slovak
- morča
- Hungarian
- tengerimalac
- Slovenian
- morski prašiček
- Italian
- porcellino d'India
- Croatian
- zamorac
- Bosnian
- zamorac
- Serbian
- zamorac
- Romanian
- porcușor de Guineea
- Polish
- świnka morska
- Ukrainian
- морська свинка
- Turkish
- kobay
- Arabic
- خنزير غينيا
- Persian
- خوکچه هندی
- Dari (Afghanistan)
- خوکچهٔ هندی
- Pashto (Afghanistan)
- ګیني خوګ
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