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The article for

Shorts

die Shorts plural only

Shorts is a plural-only German noun with no singular form, so its article is always die.

Learn the noun together with its article: See the article rules.

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Meaning

[1] Short trousers that reach the knee at most

[1] kurze Hose, die höchstens bis zum Knie reicht

Examples

[1] He was wearing a red T-shirt and blue shorts

[1] Er trug ein rotes T-Shirt und blaue Shorts.

[1] "He immediately leaves the house, as it is, in shorts and flip-flopse"

[1] „Er verlässt sofort das Haus, so, wie er ist, in Shorts und Flip-Flops.“

[1] "A drunk man in shorts and crushed shirt approached"

[1] „Ein betrunkener Mann in Shorts und zerschlissenem Hemd näherte sich.“

[1] "Already black -silk shorts for summer mourning cases and warm sociable occasions in preparation"

[1] „Schon sind schwarzseidene Shorts für sommerliche Trauerfälle und warme gesellige Anlässe in Vorbereitung.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ — die Shorts
Genitiv — der Shorts
Dativ — den Shorts
Akkusativ — die Shorts

Pronunciation

In context

[1] Drei Männer in roten Shorts
[1] Drei Männer in roten Shorts Wikimedia Commons

Related nouns

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