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The article for

Tomate

die Tomate

Tomate is a feminine German noun. Its article is die.

Plural
die Tomaten
English
tomato
Level
A1

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Why is it die Tomate?

Tomate ends in -e, and most nouns ending in -e are feminine: in a German dictionary, 79% of them take die.

All nouns ending in -e
Sense 1
die

Meaning

[1] Botany: a type of plant (Solanum lycopersicum, synonym: Lycopersicon esculentum) from the nightshade family

[1] Botanik: eine Pflanzenart (Solanum lycopersicum, Synonym: Lycopersicon esculentum) aus der Familie der Nachtschattengewächse

[2] Food: a red fruit of the plant species of the same name used as a vegetable [1]

[2] Nahrungsmittel: eine als Gemüse verwendete rote Frucht der gleichnamigen Pflanzenart[1]

Examples

[1] Tomatoes do not tolerate cold rain.

[1] Tomaten vertragen keinen kalten Regen.

[1] “In front of the houses there were well-tended beds with tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers and lettuce” [2]

[1] „Vor den Häusern reihten sich gut gepflegte Beete mit Tomaten, Paprika, Gurken und Salat.“[2]
More source examples (1)

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[2] Tomatoes taste best with basil.

[2] Tomaten schmecken am besten mit Basilikum.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Tomate die Tomaten
Genitiv der Tomate der Tomaten
Dativ der Tomate den Tomaten
Akkusativ die Tomate die Tomaten

Pronunciation

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