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The article for

Sediment

das Sediment

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

Plural
die Sedimente

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Why is it das Sediment?

Sediment ends in -ment, and nouns ending in -ment are neuter: in a German dictionary, 97% of them take das.

All nouns ending in -ment
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Meaning

[1] Geology: Deplatency, rock layer, mostly caused by erosion

[1] Geologie: Ablagerung, Gesteinsschicht, meist durch Erosion entstanden

[2] Chemistry: Location of a suspension

[2] Chemie: Bodensatz einer Suspension

[3] Medicine: Preparation of the urine for the microscopic assessment of the solid components

[3] Medizin: Aufbereitung des Urins zur mikroskopischen Beurteilung der festen Bestandteile

Examples

[1] Sediments arise from the storage of material on land and in the sea

[1] Sedimente entstehen durch Ablagerung von Material an Land und im Meer.

[2] The sediment is under the influence of gravity in liquids

[2] Das Sediment setzt sich unter Einfluss der Schwerkraft in Flüssigkeiten ab.
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[3] With the help of urine sediments, infections of urinary bladder or prostate can be detected

[3] Mit Hilfe von Urinsedimenten lassen sich Infektionen von Harnblase oder Prostata nachweisen.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ das Sediment die Sedimente
Genitiv des Sediments des Sedimentes der Sedimente
Dativ dem Sediment dem Sedimente den Sedimenten
Akkusativ das Sediment die Sedimente

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