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