Declension of German noun Fossil with plural and article

The declension of the noun Fossil (fossil, dinosaur) is in singular genitive Fossils and in the plural nominative Fossilien. The noun Fossil is declined with the declension endings s/ien. The voice of Fossil is neutral and the article "das". Here you can not only inflect Fossil but also all German nouns. The noun is part of the thesaurus of Zertifikat Deutsch respectivly Level C1. Comments ☆

neutral
Fossil, das
adjective
fossil

C1 · noun · neutral · irregular · -s, -

das Fossil

Fossils · Fossilien

Foreign endings   Dative plural without additional 'n'   Shortening of the genitive ending to 's'  

English fossil, dinosaur, petrifaction

/ˈfɔsɪl/ · /ˈfɔsɪls/ · /ˌfɔsiˈliːən/

Zeugnis vergangenen Lebens aus der Erdgeschichte; Fossilie, Petrefakt

» Die Bestimmung des Alters der Fossilien gestaltete sich schwierig. English The determination of the age of the fossils proved to be difficult.

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Declension of Fossil in singular and plural in all cases

Singular

Nom. dasFossil
Gen. desFossils
Dat. demFossil
Acc. dasFossil

Plural

Nom. dieFossilien
Gen. derFossilien
Dat. denFossilien
Acc. dieFossilien
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Examples

Example sentences for Fossil

  • Die Bestimmung des Alters der Fossilien gestaltete sich schwierig. 
    English The determination of the age of the fossils proved to be difficult.
  • Die Paläontologen suchen nach Fossilien . 
    English The paleontologists are looking for fossils.
  • Sie durchsuchten das Haufwerk nach Fossilien . 
    English They searched the heap for fossils.
  • Fossilien sind die wichtigsten Forschungsobjekte der Paläontologen. 
    English Fossils are the most important research objects of paleontologists.
  • Bei dem Archaeopteryx handelt es sich um das berühmteste Fossil der Welt. 
    English The Archaeopteryx is the most famous fossil in the world.
  • Fossilien sind ein nicht erneuerbarer Rohstoff. 
    English Fossils are a non-renewable resource.
  • Fossilien und die Archäologie erzählten uns ebenfalls nichts darüber. 
    English Fossils and archaeology also told us nothing about it.
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Translations

Translation of German Fossil

German Fossil
English fossil, dinosaur, petrifaction
Russian ископаемое, ископа́емое, окамене́лости, окаменелость, фосси́лия
Spanish fósil
French fossile
Turkish fosil
Portuguese fóssil
Italian fossile
Romanian fosilă
Hungarian fosszília
Polish skamieniałość, dinozaur, relikt przeszłości, skamielina
Greek απολίθωμα
Dutch fossiel
Czech fosilie, zkamenělina
Swedish fossil
Danish forstening, fossil
Japanese 化石
Catalan fòssil
Finnish fossiili
Norwegian fossil
Basque fosil
Serbian fosil, скамењени остатак
Macedonian скаменет остаток, фосил
Slovenian fosil
Slowakisch fosílie, skamenelina, skamenenina
Bosnian skamenjeni ostatak
Croatian fosil, skamenjeni ostatak
Ukrainian окам'яні́лість, окаменілість, сліди минулого життя
Bulgarian фосил
Belorussian акамянеласць, фасіль
Indonesian fosil
Vietnamese hóa thạch
Uzbek fosil
Hindi जीवाश्म
Chinese 化石
Thai ฟอสซิล
Korean 화석
Azerbaijani fosil
Georgian ფოსილია
Bengali ফসিল
Albanian fosil
Marathi जीवाश्म
Nepali जीवाश्म
Telugu ఫాసిల్
Latvian fosils
Tamil போசில்
Estonian fossiil
Armenian ֆոսիլ
Kurdish fosil
Hebrewמאובן
Arabicأحفورة
Persianفسیل
Urduفوسل

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Definitions

Meanings and synonyms of Fossil
  • Zeugnis vergangenen Lebens aus der Erdgeschichte, Fossilie, Petrefakt
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Declension forms of Fossil

Summary of all declension forms of the noun Fossil in all cases

The declension of Fossil as a table with all forms in singular (singular) and plural (plural) and in all four cases nominative (1st case), genitive (2nd case), dative (3rd case) and accusative (4th case). Especially for German learners the correct declension of the word Fossil is crucial.

Declension Fossil

Singular Plural
Nom. das Fossil die Fossilien
Gen. des Fossils der Fossilien
Dat. dem Fossil den Fossilien
Acc. das Fossil die Fossilien

Declension Fossil

  • Singular: das Fossil, des Fossils, dem Fossil, das Fossil
  • Plural: die Fossilien, der Fossilien, den Fossilien, die Fossilien

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