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The article for

Augenhöhe

die Augenhöhe

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

Plural
no plural
English
eye level

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Why is it die Augenhöhe?

Augenhöhe is a compound noun, and German compounds take the article of their last word: die Höhe. So it’s die Augenhöhe.

Sense 1
die

Meaning

[1] Height of the eyes of someone

[1] Höhe der Augen von jemandem

[2] Same rank, the same negotiating position

[2] gleicher Rang, gleiche Verhandlungsposition

Examples

[1] "Waiakh did it and put some stones in an opening with a serious face that was located on his eye level"

[1] „Waiakh machte es ihm nach und legte mit ernster Miene einige Steinchen in eine Öffnung, die sich auf seiner Augenhöhe befand.“

[2] They negotiated at eye level

[2] Sie verhandelten auf Augenhöhe.
More source examples (1)

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[2] "Above all, it should show the foreign powers that Ethiopia has arrived in modernity, at eye level with Europe and America" ​​"

[2] „Vor allem aber soll sie den ausländischen Mächten zeigen, dass Äthiopien in der Moderne angekommen ist, auf Augenhöhe mit Europa und Amerika.“

Declension

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

Pronunciation

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