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Antarktis

die Antarktis

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

Plural
no plural

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

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Why is it die Antarktis?

Antarktis ends in -is, but that ending doesn’t settle the article: in a German dictionary, 61% of -is nouns take die, 28% take der, and 11% take das. So learn it with its article: die Antarktis.

Which endings you can rely on
Sense 1
die

Meaning

[1] Continent of the earth, area around the South Pole

[1] Kontinent der Erde, Gebiet um den Südpol

Examples

[1] The ice cream ceiling of the Antarctic is up to 4000 m thick near the pole

[1] Die Eisdecke der Antarktis ist in Polnähe bis zu 4000 m dick.

[1] “The cat crocodile (Pakasuchus Kapilimai) died on small animals and lived on the former southern continent Gondwana, which later in Africa diet Arabia; South America, the Antarctic, India and Australia shares "

[1] „Das Katzenkrokodil (Pakasuchus kapilimai) ernährte sich von kleinen Tieren und lebte auf dem ehemaligen Südkontinent Gondwana, der sich später in Afrika; Arabien; Südamerika, die Antarktis, Indien und Australien teilte.“
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[1] In the Antarctic, weather and climate data are regularly raised

[1] In der Antarktis werden regelmäßig Wetter- und Klimadaten erhoben.

Declension

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

Pronunciation

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