Der Die Das Train Deutsch
← Back to the dictionary

The article for

Ikone

die Ikone

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

Plural
die Ikonen

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

Next word

Why is it die Ikone?

Ikone 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] Religion: Cult image of the Orthodox churches of the Byzantine rite

[1] Religion: Kultbild der orthodoxen Kirchen des byzantinischen Ritus

[2] A famous person in the mass media

[2] eine berühmte Person in den Massenmedien

Examples

[1] "Hundreds of illustrated books and many books have already been published on the subject of icons ..."

[1] „Hunderte von Bildbänden und viele Bücher wurden bereits zum Thema Ikonen veröffentlicht …“

[1] "In addition to the image of an icon, the keys hung on two rusty nails"

[1] „Neben dem Bild einer Ikone hingen die Schlüssel an zwei rostigen Nägeln.“
More source examples (1)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[2] "It is the most famous icon of ancient Egypt" "

[2] „Sie ist die berühmteste Ikone des Alten Ägypten.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Ikone die Ikonen
Genitiv der Ikone der Ikonen
Dativ der Ikone den Ikonen
Akkusativ die Ikone die Ikonen

Pronunciation

In context

[1] Ikone der heiligen Jungfrau Maria
[1] Ikone der heiligen Jungfrau Maria Wikimedia Commons

Related nouns

Nouns with the same ending

Nearby in the dictionary

Dictionary entries include material from Wiktionary. Wiktionary