What does Bauchspeicheldrüse mean in English?

In English, die Bauchspeicheldrüse means “pancreas”.

What are the accusative and dative forms of Bauchspeicheldrüse?

Nominative: die Bauchspeicheldrüse. Accusative: die Bauchspeicheldrüse. Dative: der Bauchspeicheldrüse.

Bauchspeicheldrüse: der, die or das?

dieBauchspeicheldrüse

Pancreas

feminin · feminineBody and healthLevel: Advanced

Short answer: Bauchspeicheldrüse takes the article die (die Bauchspeicheldrüse). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “pancreas” in English.

Bauchspeicheldrüse: word facts

Article: die
Gender: feminin (feminine)
English: Pancreas
Topic: Body and health
Yupo level: Advanced

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Why does Bauchspeicheldrüse take die?

Nouns ending in -e usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 816 of 863 such words take die (94%).

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Bauchspeicheldrüse in the accusative and dative

Singular, with the definite article

Nominativsubject: who? what?	die Bauchspeicheldrüse
Akkusativdirect object: whom? what?	die Bauchspeicheldrüse
Dativindirect object: to whom?	der Bauchspeicheldrüse