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