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The article for

Peritoneum

das Peritoneum

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

Plural
die Peritoneen
English
peritoneum
Topic
Body

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Why is it das Peritoneum?

Peritoneum 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] Anatomy: Tunica Serosa, which lines the abdomen

[1] Anatomie: Tunica serosa, welche den Bauchraum auskleidet

Examples

[1] "Some bearings are only sized of the pin, others grow like polyps from the peritoneum into the abdominal cavity or penetrate destructively under the peritoneum into the surrounding connective tissue" "

[1] "Manche Auflagerungen sind nur stecknadelkopfgroß, andere wachsen polypenartig vom Bauchfell ausgehend in die Bauchhöhle vor oder dringen zerstörerisch unter das Peritoneum in das umgebende Bindegewebe ein."

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ das Peritoneum die Peritoneen
Genitiv des Peritoneums der Peritoneen
Dativ dem Peritoneum den Peritoneen
Akkusativ das Peritoneum die Peritoneen

Pronunciation

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