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Fingerspitze

die Fingerspitze

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

Plural
die Fingerspitzen

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

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Why is it die Fingerspitze?

Fingerspitze is a compound noun, and German compounds take the article of their last word: die Spitze. So it’s die Fingerspitze.

Sense 1
die

Meaning

[1] Often only plural: the front part of the finger, the last link of the finger

[1] häufig nur Plural: der vordere Teil des Fingers, das letzte Glied des Fingers

Examples

[1] The fingertips are very important for the haptic perception

[1] Die Fingerspitzen sind für die haptische Wahrnehmung sehr wichtig.

[1] "Your fingertips were dated in Henna"

[1] „Ihre Fingerspitzen waren in Henna getunkt.“
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These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "He strokes his fingertips slightly over your skin"

[1] „Er streicht mit den Fingerspitzen leicht über ihre Haut.“

[1] "In the fingertips he felt the knocking of the foreign Pulsesä"

[1] „In den Fingerspitzen fühlte er das Klopfen des fremden Pulses.“

[1] "Noby put his index finger vertically and let the fingertips perform imaginary circles in the room"

[1] „Noby stellte seinen Zeigefinger senkrecht und ließ die Fingerspitze imaginäre Kreise im Raum vollführen.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Fingerspitze die Fingerspitzen
Genitiv der Fingerspitze der Fingerspitzen
Dativ der Fingerspitze den Fingerspitzen
Akkusativ die Fingerspitze die Fingerspitzen

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