In German, "cucumber" is die Gurke. It is a noun.
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Buy on SteamIn German, "cucumber" is die Gurke. It is a noun. The word is spelled die Gurke and pronounced as written, following German pronunciation rules.
German nouns have three genders: masculine (der), feminine (die), and neuter (das). The gender of die Gurke should be learnt together with the word itself.
Use die Gurke as you would use the equivalent noun in English. In German, word order and agreement rules determine how die Gurke fits into a sentence.
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