Why is it das Baskenland?
Baskenland 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 Baskenland.
Which endings you can rely on das
Meaning
Examples
[1] "According to communist view, the new regime should ideally take the form of a multinational state as a federal system that recognizes the national rights of Catalonia, the Basque Country and Galicia without restriction"
[1] „Nach kommunistischer Auffassung sollte das neue Regime im Idealfall eher die Form eines multinationalen Staates als eines bundesstaatlichen Systems annehmen, welcher die nationalen Rechte Kataloniens, des Baskenlands und Galiziens ohne Einschränkung anerkennt.“
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | das Baskenland | — |
| Genitiv | des Baskenlands des Baskenlandes | — |
| Dativ | dem Baskenland | — |
| Akkusativ | das Baskenland | — |
Pronunciation
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