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The article for

Segment

das Segment

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

Plural
die Segmente

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Why is it das Segment?

Segment 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] General: section, part of a larger whole

[1] allgemein: Abschnitt, Teil eines größeren Ganzen

[2] Linguistics, computer science: part of a larger unit, obtained by segmentation (decomposition)

[2] Linguistik, Informatik: Bestandteil einer größeren Einheit, gewonnen durch Segmentierung (Zerlegung)

Examples

[1] The bridge consists of three segments

[1] Die Brücke besteht aus drei Segmenten.

[2] Loud, syllables, morphs are examples of segments from Wörter

[2] Laute, Silben, Morphe sind Beispiele für Segmente von Wörtern.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ das Segment die Segmente
Genitiv des Segmentes des Segments der Segmente
Dativ dem Segment dem Segmente den Segmenten
Akkusativ das Segment die Segmente

Pronunciation

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