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Sprössling

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

Plural
die Sprösslinge

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Why is it der Sprössling?

Sprössling 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
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Meaning

[1] Small plant that has only recently been talked out of the earth

[1] kleine Pflanze, die erst seit kurzem aus der Erde gesprossen ist

[2] Someone who comes from a certain family

[2] jemand, der aus einer bestimmten Familie stammt

Examples

[2] "He assigned more distant seats to the family of the family to share their power"

[2] „Den Sprösslingen der Familie wies er entferntere Sitze zu, um ihre Macht zu teilen.“

[2] "The Boisserée were offspring of a family who originally been based in the Liège area"

[2] „Die Boisserée waren Sprösslinge einer Familie, die ursprünglich in der Gegend von Lüttich ansässig gewesen war.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Sprössling die Sprösslinge
Genitiv des Sprösslings der Sprösslinge
Dativ dem Sprössling den Sprösslingen
Akkusativ den Sprössling die Sprösslinge

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