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The article for

Andacht

die Andacht

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

Plural
die Andachten

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

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Why is it die Andacht?

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

Sense 1
die

Meaning

[1] No plural: strong inner collecting, sunken in one thing

[1] kein Plural: starke innere Gesammeltheit, Versunkenheit in eine Sache

[2] Religion: Collection for the inclusion of spiritual, holy content

[2] Religion: Gesammeltheit zur Aufnahme geistlicher, heiliger Inhalte

[3] Religion, Christianity: Celebration, practiced at the prayer

[3] Religion, Christentum: Feier, bei der Andacht geübt wird; kleiner Gottesdienst

Examples

[1] In the prayer, the girl saw from the tensile window and spoke no word throughout the trip

[1] In Andacht versunken sah das Mädchen aus dem Zugfenster und sprach während der ganzen Fahrt kein Wort.

[1] "I had never forgotten this expression of collected devotion"

[1] „Diesen Ausdruck gesammelter Andacht hatte ich nie vergessen.“
More source examples (2)

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[3] The schooling ceremony closes with a prayer in the school's own chapel

[3] Die Einschulungsfeier schließt mit einer Andacht in der schuleigenen Kapelle ab.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Andacht die Andachten
Genitiv der Andacht der Andachten
Dativ der Andacht den Andachten
Akkusativ die Andacht die Andachten

Pronunciation

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