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The article for

Adlerauge

das Adlerauge

Adlerauge is a neuter German noun. Its article is das.

Plural
die Adleraugen

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Why is it das Adlerauge?

Adlerauge is a compound noun, and German compounds take the article of their last word: das Auge. So it’s das Adlerauge.

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Meaning

[1] An eye of an eagle, an eye qualitatively like the eye of an eagle

[1] ein Auge eines Adlers, ein Auge qualitativ wie das Auge eines Adlers

[2] Nickname, nickname, nickname often for people with good eyes

[2] Spitzname, Beiname, Nickname oft für Menschen mit guten Augen

Examples

[1] In the laboratory the eagle eye was seized

[1] Im Labor wurde das Adlerauge seziert.

[2] Well, you eagle eye, there is probably nothing that you don't see

[2] Na, du Adlerauge, es gibt wohl nichts, was du nicht siehst.
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[2] "However, an object seems to have escaped the eagle eyes of the censors from the Federal Environment Agency: the table waste builder"

[2] „Ein Gegenstand allerdings scheint den Adleraugen der Zensoren vom Umweltbundesamt entgangen zu sein: der Tischmülleimer.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ das Adlerauge die Adleraugen
Genitiv des Adlerauges der Adleraugen
Dativ dem Adlerauge den Adleraugen
Akkusativ das Adlerauge die Adleraugen

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