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Kriterium

Kriterium is a neuter German noun. Its article is das.

Plural
die Kriterien

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Why is it das Kriterium?

Kriterium ends in -ium, and nouns ending in -ium are neuter: in a German dictionary, 100% of them take das.

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Meaning

[1] Important decision and distinction feature

[1] wichtiges Entscheidungs- und Unterscheidungsmerkmal

Examples

In the future, universities want to select the students in Germany according to their own criteria

[1] Hochschulen wollen in Deutschland zukünftig die Studierenden nach eigenen Kriterien auswählen dürfen.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ das Kriterium die Kriterien
Genitiv des Kriteriums der Kriterien
Dativ dem Kriterium den Kriterien
Akkusativ das Kriterium die Kriterien

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