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The article for

Zigarette

die Zigarette

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

Plural
die Zigaretten
English
cigarette
Level
A1

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Why is it die Zigarette?

Zigarette ends in -ette, and almost all nouns ending in -ette are feminine: in a German dictionary, 96% of them take die.

All nouns ending in -ette
Sense 1
die

Meaning

[1] smokable tobacco product twisted in paper

[1] rauchbares, in Papier gedrehtes Tabakprodukt

Examples

[1] I like to smoke a cigarette after dinner

[1] Nach dem Essen rauche ich gerne eine Zigarette.

[1] Have a cigarette ?

[1] Haste mal ne Zigarette?
More source examples (4)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] “For every ten cigars, twenty cigarettes and two pieces of chewing tobacco, that's very decent” [2]

[1] „Für jeden zehn Zigarren, zwanzig Zigaretten und zwei Stück Kautabak, das ist sehr anständig.“[2]

[1] "Fabian took a cigarette and stroked the match so carefully, as if he were afraid of hurting the friction surface." [3]

[1] „Fabian nahm eine Zigarette und strich das Zündholz so behutsam an, als fürchte er, der Reibfläche weh zu tun.“[3]

[1] "Juan was bored and smoked one cigarette after the other, while he seemed to be chewing the stub" [4]

[1] „Juan rauchte gelangweilt eine Zigarette nach der anderen, wobei er die Stummel dann noch zu kauen schien.“[4]

[1] "The stepfather lights a cigarette." [5]

[1] „Der Stiefvater zündet sich eine Zigarette an.“[5]

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Zigarette die Zigaretten
Genitiv der Zigarette der Zigaretten
Dativ der Zigarette den Zigaretten
Akkusativ die Zigarette die Zigaretten

Pronunciation

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