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The article for

Imago

die Imago

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

Plural
die Imagines

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

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Why is it die Imago?

Imago 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 Imago.

Which endings you can rely on
Sense 1
die

Meaning

[1] Biology: Sexual form of an insect

[1] Biologie: geschlechtsreife Form eines Insekts

[2] Psychology: unconscious imagination, ideal image of a specific person

[2] Psychologie: unbewusstes Vorstellungsbild, Idealbild einer bestimmten Person

Examples

[1] The Imago slipped after three days

[1] Die Imago schlüpfte schon nach drei Tagen.

[2] I have a bad imago from this person

[2] Ich habe eine schlechte Imago von dieser Person.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Imago die Imagines
Genitiv der Imago der Imagines
Dativ der Imago den Imagines
Akkusativ die Imago die Imagines

Pronunciation

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