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The article for

ARD

die ARD

ARD is a feminine German noun. Its article is die.

Plural
no plural
English
ARD

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

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Why is it die ARD?

No ending, compound or meaning rule gives away the article of ARD, so learn the two together: die ARD.

Sense 1
die

Meaning

[1] Germany, radio: Working group of public service broadcasters in the Federal Republic of Germany

[1] Deutschland, Rundfunk: Arbeitsgemeinschaft der öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland

[2] Germany, television: colloquially, spa, acronym: for the first television program of the ARD

[2] Deutschland, Fernsehen: umgangssprachlich, Kurzwort, Akronym: für das erste Fernsehprogramm der ARD

Examples

The ARD currently consists of a total of nine state broadcasters

[1] Derzeit besteht die ARD aus insgesamt neun Landesrundfunkanstalten.

[1] "You are also not allowed to intervene in ARD and ZDF's program autonomy"

[1] „Sie dürfen auch nicht in die Programmautonomie von ARD und ZDF eingreifen.“
More source examples (2)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[2] Did you see the thriller on ARD last night

[2] Hast du gestern Abend den Krimi auf ARD gesehen?

[2] "The ARD filmed all of this and broadcast an unfortunate passage from it"

[2] „Die ARD hat das alles gefilmt und eine unglückliche Passage daraus ausgestrahlt.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die ARD —
Genitiv der ARD —
Dativ der ARD —
Akkusativ die ARD —

Pronunciation

In context

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