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The article for

Blendgranate

die Blendgranate

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

Plural
die Blendgranaten

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

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Why is it die Blendgranate?

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

Sense 1
die

Meaning

[1] Not fatal grenade, which creates a very bright light and/or a loud bang in their explosion, which is supposed to make people attacked with it disoriented and thus unable to fight

[1] nicht tödliche Granate, die bei ihrer Explosion ein sehr helles Licht und/oder einen lauten Knall erzeugt, der mit ihr angegriffene Personen orientierungslos und so kampfunfähig machen soll

Examples

[1] "Eyewitnesses and journalists reported that the police had used sharp ammunition, tear gas and glare grenades"

[1] „Augenzeugen und Journalisten berichteten, die Polizei habe scharfe Munition, Tränengas und Blendgranaten eingesetzt.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Blendgranate die Blendgranaten
Genitiv der Blendgranate der Blendgranaten
Dativ der Blendgranate den Blendgranaten
Akkusativ die Blendgranate die Blendgranaten

Pronunciation

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