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Is it der, die oder das Angola?

The article is needed if "Angola" in a certain quality, at a certain time or period as a subject or object in the sentence, is otherwise, i.e. usually, no article is used.

Finding the right gender of a noun

German articles are used similarly to the English articles,a and the. However, they are declined differently (change) according to the number, gender and case of their nouns.

In the German language, the gender and therefore article is fixed for each noun.

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The most difficult part of learning the German language is the articles (der, die, das) or rather the gender of each noun. The gender of each noun in German has no simple rule. In fact, it can even seem illogical. For example das Mädchen, a young girl is neutral while der Junge, a young boy is male.

It is a good idea to learn the correct article for each new word together - even if it means a lot of work. For example learning "der Hund" (the dog) rather than just Hund by itself. Fortunately, there are some rules about gender in German that make things a little easier. It might be even nicer if these rules didn't have exceptions - but you can't have everything! The best way to learn them is with the App - Der-Die-Das Train! (available for iOS and Android)

German nouns belong either to the gender masculine (male, standard gender) with the definite article der, to the feminine (feminine) with the definite article die, or to the neuter (neuter) with the definite article das.

  • for masculine: points of the compass, weather (Osten, Monsun, Sturm; however it is: das Gewitter), liquor/spirits (Wodka, Wein, Kognak), minerals, rocks (Marmor, Quarz, Granit, Diamant);

  • for feminine: ships and airplanes (die Deutschland, die Boeing; however it is: der Airbus), cigarette brands (Camel, Marlboro), many tree and plant species (Eiche, Pappel, Kiefer; aber: der Flieder), numbers (Eins, Million; however it is: das Dutzend), most inland rivers (Elbe, Oder, Donau; aber: der Rhein);

  • for neutrals: cafes, hotels, cinemas (das Mariott, das Cinemaxx), chemical elements (Helium, Arsen; however it is: der Schwefel, masculine elements have the suffix -stoff), letters, notes, languages and colors (das Orange, das A, das Englische), certain brand names for detergents and cleaning products (Ariel, Persil), continents, countries (die artikellosen: (das alte) Europa; however exceptions include: der Libanon, die Schweiz …).

German declension of Angola?

How does the declension of Angola work in the nominative, accusative, dative and genitive cases? Here you can find all forms in the singular as well as in the plural:

1 Singular Plural
Nominative (das) Angola
Genitive (des Angola) (des Angolas) Angolas
Dative (dem) Angola
Akkusative (das) Angola

What is the meaning of Angola in German?

Angola is defined as:

[1] State in the southwest of Africa

[1] Staat im Südwesten von Afrika

How to use Angola in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Angola with translations in English.

[1] Ich komme gerade aus Angola.

[1] I'm just coming from Angolae

[1] Luanda ist die Hauptstadt von Angola.

[1] Luanda is the capital of Angolae

[1] Das Angola der Kolonialzeit war anfangs stark durch den Sklavenhandel geprägt.

[1] The Angola of the colonial period was initially strongly characterized by the slave trade

[1] „Die Könige von Ndongo hießen Ngola, woher der Name Angola rührt. Als Bezeichnung für das Herrschaftsgebiet ist der Begriff erstmals 1520 belegt.“

[1] "The kings of Ndongo were called Ngola, where the name Angola stirs as a name for the area of ​​land, the term was first documented in 1520."

How do you pronounce Angola?

Angola
Angola

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