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The article for

Manko

das Manko

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

Plural
die Mankos

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

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Why is it das Manko?

Manko 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: das Manko.

Which endings you can rely on
Sense 1
das

Meaning

[1] Something that is perceived as a mistake or disadvantage

[1] etwas, was als Fehler oder Nachteil empfunden wird

[2] Economy: amount of money that (in the case of billing) is missing

[2] Wirtschaft: Geldbetrag, der (bei der Abrechnung) fehlt

Examples

[1] But this is a serious manor

[1] Das ist aber ein schwerwiegendes Manko!

[2] The shortcoming was discovered in the truck's fall

[2] Das Manko wurde beim Kassensturz entdeckt.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ das Manko die Mankos
Genitiv des Mankos der Mankos
Dativ dem Manko den Mankos
Akkusativ das Manko die Mankos

Pronunciation

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