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The article for

Mikroskop

das Mikroskop

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

Plural
die Mikroskope

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

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Why is it das Mikroskop?

Mikroskop ends in the word der Skop. Compounds usually take the article of their last word, but this one is an exception: das Mikroskop.

Sense 1
das

Meaning

[1] Instrument to enlarge small objects

[1] Instrument zur vergrößerten Betrachtung kleiner Objekte

Examples

[1] We looked at the cut onion shell under the microscopic

[1] Wir betrachteten die geschnittenen Zwiebelschale unter dem Mikroskop.

[1] "Volker had got a microscope as a consolation pavement, because afterwards he would have preferred to have been with us in Jever"

[1] „Volker hatte ein Mikroskop gekriegt, als Trostpflaster, weil er nachher doch lieber mit uns in Jever gewesen wäre.“
More source examples (2)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "Under the microscope there are even small vessels, through the dinosaur hearts the blood pumping" "

[1] „Unter dem Mikroskop zeigen sich dabei sogar kleine Gefäße, durch die Saurierherzen einst das Blut pumpten.“

[1] "He packed the microscope aside"

[1] „Er packte das Mikroskop beiseite.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ das Mikroskop die Mikroskope
Genitiv des Mikroskops der Mikroskope
Dativ dem Mikroskop den Mikroskopen
Akkusativ das Mikroskop die Mikroskope

Pronunciation

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