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Adonis

Adonis is a masculine German noun. Its article is der.

Plural
no plural

Learn the noun together with its article. See the article rules.

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Why is it der Adonis?

Adonis ends in -nis, but that ending doesn’t settle the article: in a German dictionary, 66% of -nis nouns take das and 33% take die. So learn it with its article: der Adonis.

Which endings you can rely on
Sense 1
der

Meaning

[1] Greek mythology: young man of great beauty and lover of the Aphrodite

[1] griechische Mythologie: Jüngling von großer Schönheit und Geliebter der Aphrodite

Examples

[1] "But this resulted in a new Hader because of the dead in the underworld Adonis got into the catches of Aphrodite's sister Pershone."

[1] „Doch daraus entstand neuer Hader. Denn bei den Toten in der Unterwelt geriet Adonis in die Fänge von Aphrodites Schwester Persephone.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Adonis —
Genitiv des Adonis —
Dativ dem Adonis —
Akkusativ den Adonis —

Pronunciation

Related nouns

Nearby in the dictionary

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