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The article for

Säugling

der Säugling

Säugling is a masculine German noun. Its article is der.

Plural
die Säuglinge

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Why is it der Säugling?

Säugling ends in -ling, and most nouns ending in -ling are masculine: in a German dictionary, 82% of them take der.

All nouns ending in -ling
Sense 1
der

Meaning

[1] Newborn child

[1] neugeborenes Kind

[2] Translated: Beginners

[2] übertragen: Anfänger

Examples

[1] Many infants refuse to be wrapped

[1] Viele Säuglinge weigern sich, sich wickeln zu lassen.

[1] "I handed her the infant who laughed in the view of eating and drinking at the same time"

[1] „Ich reichte ihr den Säugling, der in der Aussicht lachte, gleichzeitig essen und trinken zu können.“
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These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

Fortunately, he played against an infant in the darts, otherwise he would not have won

[2] Zum Glück spielte er im Dart gegen einen Säugling, sonst hätte er nicht gewonnen.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Säugling die Säuglinge
Genitiv des Säuglings der Säuglinge
Dativ dem Säugling den Säuglingen
Akkusativ den Säugling die Säuglinge

Pronunciation

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