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The article for

Chemikalie

die Chemikalie

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

Plural
die Chemikalien

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Why is it die Chemikalie?

Chemikalie ends in -ie, and nouns ending in -ie are feminine: in a German dictionary, 98% of them take die.

All nouns ending in -ie
Sense 1
die

Meaning

[1] Industrially or chemical fabric produced in the laboratory

[1] industriell oder im Labor hergestellter chemischer Stoff

Examples

[1] The chemical has a sweet fragrance

[1] Die Chemikalie hat einen süßlichen Duft.

[1] Arsen is a poisonous chemicalist

[1] Arsen ist eine giftige Chemikalie.
More source examples (1)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "During fracking, water enriched with chemicals is pressed into natural gas layers with chemicals"

[1] „Beim Fracking wird unter hohem Druck mit Chemikalien angereichertes Wasser in erdgashaltige Gesteinsschichten gepresst.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Chemikalie die Chemikalien
Genitiv der Chemikalie der Chemikalien
Dativ der Chemikalie den Chemikalien
Akkusativ die Chemikalie die Chemikalien

Pronunciation

In context

[1] Chemikalien
[1] Chemikalien Wikimedia Commons

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