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The article for

Larve

die Larve

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

Plural
die Larven

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Why is it die Larve?

Larve 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
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Meaning

[1] Zoology: Youth stage, which differs greatly from the sexual mature animal and often has no similarity to it

[1] Zoologie: Jugendstadium, das sich stark vom geschlechtsreifen Tier unterscheidet und oft keinerlei Ähnlichkeit damit hat

[2] Salancing meaning: mask

[2] veraltende Bedeutung: Maske

Examples

[1] Finns are the larvae of the tapeworms

[1] Finnen sind die Larven der Bandwürmer.

[2] She tore the larva from the face

[2] Sie riss ihm die Larve vom Gesicht.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Larve die Larven
Genitiv der Larve der Larven
Dativ der Larve den Larven
Akkusativ die Larve die Larven

Pronunciation

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