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The article for

Spuk

der Spuk

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

Plural
die Spuke

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

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Why is it der Spuk?

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

Sense 1
der

Meaning

[1] inexplicable or irritating, threatening -looking process

[1] unerklärlicher oder irritierender, bedrohlich wirkender Vorgang

Examples

[1] "The spook had started in the summer of 1981"

[1] „Der Spuk hatte im Sommer 1981 begonnen.“

[1] "In 50 seconds the spook is over"

[1] „In 50 Sekunden ist der Spuk vorbei.“
More source examples (2)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "But even if this wish comes true, the spook is not in the end"

[1] „Doch selbst wenn dieser Wunsch in Erfüllung geht, ist damit der Spuk nicht zu Ende.“

[1] "[…] ie Since the skull of Kara Mustapha and the head of Abaza Kör Hüseyin Pascha, who had fallen in 1683, were kept in the bourgeois armory at the farm, the saga from the haunted in the Zeughaus" developed from it "

[1] „[…]; da der Schädel des Kara Mustapha und der Kopf des 1683 gefallenen Abaza Kör Hüseyin Pascha im Bürgerlichen Zeughaus Am Hof verwahrt wurden, entwickelte sich daraus die Sage vom Spuk im Zeughaus.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Spuk die Spuke
Genitiv des Spuks des Spukes der Spuke
Dativ dem Spuk den Spuken
Akkusativ den Spuk die Spuke

Pronunciation

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