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The article for

Vitamin

das Vitamin

Vitamin is a neuter German noun. Its article is das.

Plural
die Vitamine
English
vitamin
Level
B1
Topic
Food

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Why is it das Vitamin?

Vitamin ends in -in. Most nouns with this ending are feminine (88% take die), but Vitamin is an exception: das Vitamin.

The other -in exceptions
Sense 1
das

Meaning

[1] Biology, biochemistry, ecotrophology: organic compounds that the body needs for vital functions, but which for the most part cannot produce itself

[1] Biologie, Biochemie, Ökotrophologie: organische Verbindung, die der Körper für lebenswichtige Funktionen benötigt, aber zum größten Teil nicht selbst herstellen kann

Examples

[1] Raw fruit is known to contain many vitamins.

[1] Rohes Obst enthält bekanntermaßen viele Vitamine.

[1] During pregnancy, the need for vitamins increases .

[1] In der Schwangerschaft steigt der Bedarf an Vitaminen.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ das Vitamin die Vitamine
Genitiv des Vitamins der Vitamine
Dativ dem Vitamin den Vitaminen
Akkusativ das Vitamin die Vitamine

Pronunciation

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