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The article for

Tumor

der Tumor

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Meaning

[1] Medicine: Protection

[1] Medizin: Wucherung

[2] Medicine, less common: swelling (unclear cause)

[2] Medizin, seltener allgemeiner: Schwellung (unklarer Ursache)

Examples

[1] "Only about five percent of the tumors are hereditary, the oversized majority arises spontaneously"

[1] „Nur etwa fünf Prozent der Tumore sind erblich bedingt, die übergroße Mehrheit entsteht spontan.“

Grammar note

The plural tumore is colloquial

Declension

1 Singular Plural 1 Plural 2
Nominativ der Tumor die Tumoren die Tumore
Genitiv des Tumors der Tumoren der Tumore
Dativ dem Tumor den Tumoren den Tumoren
Akkusativ den Tumor die Tumoren die Tumore

Pronunciation

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