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The article for

Opium

das Opium

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

Plural
no plural

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

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Why is it das Opium?

Opium ends in -um, and most nouns ending in -um are neuter: in a German dictionary, 82% of them take das.

All nouns ending in -um
Sense 1
das

Meaning

[1] Dried milk juice unreferred seed capsules of the bed poppy

[1] getrockneter Milchsaft unreifer Samenkapseln des Schlafmohns

Examples

[1] The cultivation of bed poppies to obtain opium is still widespread in Afghanistan

[1] Der Anbau von Schlafmohn zur Gewinnung von Opium ist in Afghanistan noch immer verbreitet.

[1] "You are soaked with opium if you know what the island"

[1] „Sie sind mit Opium getränkt, wenn ihr wißt, was das ist.“
More source examples (3)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "A frenzy of happiness lifts, because opium makes you friend of the world"

[1] „Ein Glücksrausch hebt an, denn Opium macht einen zu aller Welt Freund.“

[1] "Which customs are all the worldwide demanding the other drug -changing drugs such as cocaine, heroin, opium and so on"

[1] „Welchen Zoll fordern weltweit alle die anderen bewußtseinsverändernden Drogen wie Kokain, Heroin, Opium und so weiter?“

[1] "He preferred to deal with beautiful women, smoked opium and organized Hahnenkampfe" "

[1] „Lieber beschäftigte er sich mit schönen Frauen, rauchte Opium und veranstaltete Hahnenkämpfe.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ das Opium —
Genitiv des Opiums —
Dativ dem Opium —
Akkusativ das Opium —

Pronunciation

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