Emil zählt an den Fingern seine Argumente auf. Emil counts off his arguments on his fingers.

noun · B1

das Argument

[aʁɡuˈmɛnt]

argument, point

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Other Examples

Ich habe noch ein gutes Argument: Radfahren ist gesund.

I have one more good argument: cycling is healthy.
Welches Argument findest du am stärksten?

Which argument do you find the strongest?
Die anderen im Seminar bringen gute Argumente gegen Emils Idee.

The others in the seminar bring up good arguments against Emil's idea.

Grammar

Plural: die Argumente In the plural the article is always "die".

Nouns ending in -ment are usually neuter: das Argument. Der, Die or Das? The Rules

Declension

The noun in the four cases, with the definite article.

Case	Singular	Plural	Example
Nominative wer? was?	das Argument	die Argumente	Welches Argument findest du am stärksten? Which argument do you find the strongest?
Accusative wen? was?	das Argument	die Argumente
Dative wem?	dem Argument	den Argumenten	Mit diesem Argument überzeugt ihr niemanden. You won't convince anyone with that argument.
Genitive wessen?	des Arguments	der Argumente

How the Word Is Built

Word family

argumentieren die Argumentation

In Otti's situations: Emil joins a debate, Otti writes an opinion piece

allerdings andererseits außerdem begründen das Beispiel den Finger in die Wunde legen deshalb die Diskussion diskutieren einerseits einräumen entkräften

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