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The article for

Tumor

der Tumor

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

Plural
die Tumoren

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Why is it der Tumor?

Tumor ends in -or, and almost all nouns ending in -or are masculine: in a German dictionary, 93% of them take der.

All nouns ending in -or
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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

In context

[1] Tumor
[1] Tumor Wikimedia Commons
[1] Tumor
[1] Tumor Wikimedia Commons
[1] Tumor
[1] Tumor Wikimedia Commons

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