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The article for

Wörtchen

das Wörtchen

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

Plural
die Wörtchen

Learn the noun together with its article. See the article rules.

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Why is it das Wörtchen?

Wörtchen ends in -chen, and almost all nouns ending in -chen are neuter: in a German dictionary, 94% of them take das.

All nouns ending in -chen
Sense 1
das

Meaning

[1] Small word

[1] kleines Wort

Examples

[1] "I know that politicians have a say in with"

[1] „Ich weiß, dass da die Politik ein Wörtchen mitzureden hat.“

[1] "But the Countess Thor von Torhels could perhaps a word for saying"

[1] „Aber die Gräfin Thor von Thorfels könnte vielleicht ein Wörtchen dazu sagen?“
More source examples (2)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "Meier would have liked to speak a word with Gareis beforehand, actually he had the impression that one would have liked to make peace with this man at home, in that big, cloudy, dark rooms ..."

[1] „Meier hätte gern mit Gareis vorher ein Wörtchen gesprochen, eigentlich hatte er den Eindruck, daß man daheim, in jenem großen, trüben, dunklen Zimmer, gerne Frieden mit diesem Mann gemacht hätte…“

[1] "He laughed when I reminded him of the word" Sko "that he seemed to know this Icelandic quirk well"

[1] „Er lachte, als ich ihn an das Wörtchen »sko« erinnerte, er schien diese isländische Marotte gut zu kennen.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ das Wörtchen die Wörtchen
Genitiv des Wörtchens der Wörtchen
Dativ dem Wörtchen den Wörtchen
Akkusativ das Wörtchen die Wörtchen

Pronunciation

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