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The article for

Erdatmosphäre

die Erdatmosphäre

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

Plural
no plural

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Why is it die Erdatmosphäre?

Erdatmosphäre ends in -e, and most nouns ending in -e are feminine: in a German dictionary, 79% of them take die.

All nouns ending in -e
Sense 1
die

Meaning

[1] Atmosphere, gaseous shell of the earth

[1] Atmosphäre, gasförmige Hülle der Erde

Examples

If you compare the earth with an orange, the orange peel corresponds roughly to the earth's atmosphere

[1] Vergleicht man die Erde mit einer Orange, so entspricht die Orangenschale in etwa der Erdatmosphäre.

[1] "Although the Rocky Mountains telescope brought the moon closer, the earth's atmosphere weakened the light intensity in such a way that Barbicane was able to perceive details with the help of a Lorgette that remained hidden down the astronomers down there"

[1] „Zwar brachte das Rocky-Mountains-Teleskop den Mond näher heran, aber die Erdatmosphäre schwächte die Lichtstärke derart, daß Barbicane mit Hilfe einer Lorgnette Einzelheiten wahrnehmen konnte, die den Astronomen dort unten verborgen blieben.“
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These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "The earth's atmosphere is over 400 km thick, but most of the water vapor is located in the lowest twelve kilometers, the troposphere far"

[1] „Die Erdatmosphäre ist über 400 km dick, aber der meiste Wasserdampf befindet sich in den untersten zwölf Kilometern, der Troposphäre.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Erdatmosphäre —
Genitiv der Erdatmosphäre —
Dativ der Erdatmosphäre —
Akkusativ die Erdatmosphäre —

Pronunciation

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