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Kalle zeigt der Gruppe einen umgestürzten Baumstamm und erklärt, dass darin ein ganzes Ökosystem steckt. Kalle shows the group a fallen tree trunk and explains that a whole ecosystem lives inside it.

noun · C1

das Ökosystem

[ˈøːkozʏsˌteːm]

ecosystem

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Grammar

Plural
die Ökosysteme In the plural the article is always "die".

Declension

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

Case Singular Plural Example
Nominative wer? was? das Ökosystem die Ökosysteme
Accusative wen? was? das Ökosystem die Ökosysteme
Dative wem? dem Ökosystem den Ökosystemen
Genitive wessen? des Ökosystems der Ökosysteme

How the Word Is Built

Öko root system root

A compound: Öko + das System

The last word gives the article. More rules

Word family

die Ökologieökologischdas System

In Otti's situations: Kalle guides a forest walk

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