Is it der, die or das Opossum?

DAS

Opossum

The correct article in German of Opossum is das. So it is das Opossum! (nominative case)

The word Opossum is neuter, therefore the correct article is das.

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German declension of Opossum?

How does the declension of Opossum work in the nominative, accusative, dative and genitive cases? Here you can find all forms in the singular as well as in the plural:

1	Singular	Plural
Nominative	das Opossum	die Opossums
Genitive	des Opossums	der Opossums
Dative	dem Opossum	den Opossums
Akkusative	das Opossum	die Opossums

What is the meaning of Opossum in German?

Opossum has various definitions in German:

[1] Zoology Description of six species (Didelphis) of the genus of the bag rats (Didelphidae), which belong to the order of the bag rat -like (Didelphimorpha)

[1] Zoologie Bezeichnung von sechs Arten (Didelphis) der Gattung der Beutelratten (Didelphidae), die der Ordnung der Beutelrattenartige (Didelphimorpha) angehören

[2] General

[2] allgemein

[a] mammal, which belongs to one of these six species [1]

[a] Säugetier, das einer dieser sechs Arten[1] angehört

[b] Anglicism, incorrectly mammal, which belongs to the genus of the bag rats

[b] Anglizismus, fälschlicherweise Säugetier, welches der Gattung der Beutelratten angehört

How to use Opossum in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Opossum with translations in English.

[1] Der Lebensraum der Opossums erstreckt sich von Südkanada bis ins mittlere Argentinien.

[1] The living space of the opossum extends from Südkanada to the middle Argentino

[2] „Das Moos sah wie ein Opossum aus, nachdem die Autos auf der Landstraße zwei Tage lang drübergefahren sind.“

[2] "The moss looked like an opossum after the cars on the country road drove over for two days"

Is it der, die or das Opossum?

DAS

DER

Opossum

The correct article in German of Opossum is das or der. So it is das or der Opossum! (nominative case)

The word Opossum is neuter or masculine, therefore the correct article is das or der.

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German declension of Opossum?

How does the declension of Opossum work in the nominative, accusative, dative and genitive cases? Here you can find all forms in the singular as well as in the plural:

1	Singular 1	Singular 2	Plural
Nominative	der Opossum	das Opossum	die Opossums
Genitive	des Opossums	des Opossums	der Opossums
Dative	dem Opossum	dem Opossum	den Opossums
Akkusative	den Opossum	das Opossum	die Opossums

What is the meaning of Opossum in German?

Opossum is defined as:

[1] Fürschnerei: fur of the opossum [i]

[1] Kürschnerei: Pelz des Opossums[I]

How to use Opossum in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Opossum with translations in English.

[1] Ihr Kragen war aus Opossum.

[1] Your collar was from opossume

Pictures or photos of Opossum

[1] Virginia-Opossum (Didelphis virginiana)

[1] Nordopossum (Didelphis virginiana)

[1] Fell des Virginia-Opossums