Why is it das Ackerland?
Ackerland ends in -and, but that ending doesn’t settle the article: in a German dictionary, 52% of -and nouns take das, 41% take der, and 7% take die. So learn it with its article: das Ackerland.
Which endings you can rely onMeaning
[1] Agricultural soil
[1] landwirtschaftlich nutzbarer BodenExamples
[1] There is a lot of arable land around the villages
[1] Um die Dörfer herum ist viel Ackerland.
[1] "The cultural landscape is clearly dominated by arable land and thus clearly differs from the heavily forested low mountain range" "
[1] „Die Kulturlandschaft ist eindeutig vom Ackerland dominiert und unterscheidet sich damit deutlich von den stark bewaldeten Mittelgebirgsregionen.“
More source examples (2)
These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.
[1] "The Celts settled where there was fertile arable land"
[1] „Die Kelten siedelten dort, wo es fruchtbares Ackerland gab.“
[1] "He sprays the arable land with carcinogenic crop protection agents, impregnate the seeds in advance with insect venom, and what still survive on pollares will be completely low with poisons"
[1] „Er besprühe das Ackerland mit krebserregenden Pflanzenschutzmitteln, imprägniere die Saat bereits vorab mit Insektengift, und was dann noch an Bestäubern überlebe, werde von ihm mit Giften vollends niedergemacht.“
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | das Ackerland | — |
| Genitiv | des Ackerlands des Ackerlandes | — |
| Dativ | dem Ackerland dem Ackerlande | — |
| Akkusativ | das Ackerland | — |
Pronunciation
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