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The article for

Pore

die Pore

Pore is a feminine German noun. Its article is die.

Plural
die Poren

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Why is it die Pore?

Pore ends in -e, and most nouns ending in -e are feminine: in a German dictionary, 79% of them take die.

All nouns ending in -e
Sense 1
die

Meaning

[1] Small cavity or small opening in a solid or relaxed material or a tissue

[1] kleiner Hohlraum oder kleine Öffnung in einem festen oder lockeren Material oder einem Gewebe

Examples

[1] Because of the large pores, pumice stone can swim on water

[1] Wegen der großen Poren kann Bimsstein auf Wasser schwimmen.

[1] Sand floors have larger pores than tonboards

[1] Sandböden haben größere Poren als Tonböden.
More source examples (2)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "The sweat from all pores of my body squeezed unstoppably"

[1] „Unaufhaltsam quetschte sich der Schweiß aus allen Poren meines Körpers.“

[1] "With all pores of Morrison the Indian forces"

[1] „Mit allen Poren sog Morrison die indianischen Kräfte auf.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Pore die Poren
Genitiv der Pore der Poren
Dativ der Pore den Poren
Akkusativ die Pore die Poren

Pronunciation

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