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The article for

Uniform

die Uniform

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

Plural
die Uniformen
English
uniform
Level
B1

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Why is it die Uniform?

Uniform is a compound noun, and German compounds take the article of their last word: die Form. So it’s die Uniform.

All nouns ending in -form
Sense 1
die

Meaning

[1] Uniform suit, clothing

[1] einheitlicher Anzug, Bekleidung

Examples

[1] The soldiers wore uniformmen

[1] Die Soldaten trugen Uniformen.

[1] "Because the uniform disturbed him, he had a second measured, which he also wore in bed at night"

[1] „Weil ihn die Uniform störte, ließ er sich eine zweite anmessen, die er auch nachts im Bett trug.“
More source examples (4)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "But step by step, in their pale, dirty uniforms, the gray colonnecks"

[1] „Über die Straßen aber ziehen Schritt um Schritt, in ihren fahlen, schmutzigen Uniformen, die grauen Kolonnen.“

[1] "The uniform has been hanging on my body for weeks, I haven't been able to clean myself for weeks"

[1] „Seit Wochen hängt mir die Uniform am Leib, seit Wochen habe ich mich nicht mehr reinigen können.“

[1] "The Schupos now have blue uniformmen"

[1] „Die Schupos haben jetzt blaue Uniformen.“

[1] "The girls wore uniform: blue -gray, simple clothes and dark blue aprons"

[1] „Die Mädchen trugen Uniform: blaugraue, schlichte Kleider und darüber dunkelblaue Schürzen.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Uniform die Uniformen
Genitiv der Uniform der Uniformen
Dativ der Uniform den Uniformen
Akkusativ die Uniform die Uniformen

Pronunciation

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