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The article for

Schimmel

der Schimmel

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

Plural
die Schimmel
English
mold, mildew
Topic
Cleaning

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

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Why is it der Schimmel?

No ending, compound or meaning rule gives away the article of Schimmel, so learn the two together: der Schimmel.

Sense 1
der

Meaning

[1] White horse

[1] weißes Pferd

Examples

[1] "Mata, a pretty, fair-skinned woman, sat on a mold, a muscular, dark-skinned man, on a rappe k" [2]

[1] „Mata, eine hübsche, hellhäutige Frau, saß auf einem Schimmel; Grifone, ein muskulöser, dunkelhäutiger Mann, auf einem Rappen.“[2]

[1] "He follow him on a brownish and reddish mold an officer and another Adjutand." [3]

[1] „Ihm folgen auf einem bräunlichen und rötlichen Schimmel ein Offizier und ein weiterer Adjutand.“[3]
More source examples (1)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "Tagaus, day a SMEMEN TJING is riding to the office on stately mold at" [4]

[1] „Tagaus, tagein ritt nun Simen Tjing zum Amt auf stattlichem Schimmel.“[4]
Grammar note

The colloquial meaning of white horse is not technical not correctly technically a mold is a horse with a certain gene, which makes the fur gray fast (leaks). Molds are not white, and not every white horse is a mold.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Schimmel die Schimmel
Genitiv des Schimmels der Schimmel
Dativ dem Schimmel den Schimmeln
Akkusativ den Schimmel die Schimmel
Sense 2
der

Meaning

[1] Mushroom, whose fruit body has the look of a whitish to greenish lining

[1] Pilz, dessen Fruchtkörper das Aussehen von einem weißlichen bis grünlichen Belag hat

Examples

[1] The bread is full of mold

[1] Das Brot ist voller Schimmel.

[1] "A green gray mold now grew even on this humus" [2]

[1] „Ein grüngrauer Schimmel wuchs inzwischen sogar auf diesem Humus.“[2]
More source examples (1)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "Mold Fraße on the cardboard boxes and spiders broke over the walls" [3]

[1] „Schimmel fraß an den Pappkartons und Spinnen huschten über die Wände.“[3]

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Schimmel —
Genitiv des Schimmels —
Dativ dem Schimmel —
Akkusativ den Schimmel —

Pronunciation

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