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The article for

Avocado

die Avocado

Avocado is a feminine German noun. Its article is die.

Plural
die Avocados
English
avocado

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

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Why is it die Avocado?

Avocado ends in -o, but that ending doesn’t settle the article: in a German dictionary, 45% of -o nouns take das, 43% take der, and 11% take die. So learn it with its article: die Avocado.

Which endings you can rely on
Sense 1
die

Meaning

[1] Tropical tree from the family of the laurel system briefly for avocado tree

[1] tropischer Baum aus der Familie der Lorbeergewächse; kurz für Avocadobaum

[2] fruit of [1]

[2] Frucht von [1]

Examples

[1] You can pull an avocado from a core at home

[1] Man kann sich zu Hause eine Avocado aus einem Kern selbst ziehen.

[1] Avocados have an immense water requirement

[1] Avocados haben einen immensen Wasserbedarf.
More source examples (2)

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[2] Avocados are very high -fat fruits that are ideal as a spread of a spread

[2] Avocados sind sehr fettreiche Früchte, die sich hervorragend als Brotaufstrich eignen.

[2] As long as they are still hanging on the tree, avocados will not be ripe

[2] Solange sie noch am Baum hängen, werden Avocados nicht reif.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Avocado die Avocados
Genitiv der Avocado der Avocados
Dativ der Avocado den Avocados
Akkusativ die Avocado die Avocados

Pronunciation

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