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