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The article for

Bildnis

das Bildnis

Bildnis is a neuter German noun. Its article is das.

Plural
die Bildnisse

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

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Why is it das Bildnis?

Bildnis ends in -nis, but that ending doesn’t settle the article: in a German dictionary, 66% of -nis nouns take das and 33% take die. So learn it with its article: das Bildnis.

Which endings you can rely on
Sense 1
das

Meaning

[1] Figure design of a person (or God)

[1] bildliche Gestaltung eines Menschen (oder Gottes)

Examples

[1] "The author of the Bible was Gotte Both are characterized as mythological authors: Homer could not see seeing God - one could not see - it was forbidden to make a portrait of him."

[1] „Der Verfasser der Bibel war Gott. Beide sind als mythologische Autoren gekennzeichnet: Homer konnte nicht sehen; Gott durfte man nicht ansehen - es war verboten, sich von ihm ein Bildnis zu machen.“

[1] "Joachim Deschler […] came into contact with Archduke Maximilian in 1543 and Maximilian's father King Ferdinand in 1548, whose portrait he in Stein Red" "

[1] „Joachim Deschler […] kam 1543 in Kontakt zu Erzherzog Maximilian und 1548 zu Maximilians Vater König Ferdinand, dessen Bildnis er in Stein schnitt.“
More source examples (1)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "In the Residenzschloss in Ludwigsburg, the portrait was almost a century after its creation"

[1] „Im Residenzschloss in Ludwigsburg war das Bildnis noch knapp ein Jahrhundert nach seiner Entstehung zu sehen.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ das Bildnis die Bildnisse
Genitiv des Bildnisses der Bildnisse
Dativ dem Bildnis dem Bildnisse den Bildnissen
Akkusativ das Bildnis die Bildnisse

Pronunciation

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