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The article for

Bombardement

das Bombardement

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

Plural
die Bombardements

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Why is it das Bombardement?

Bombardement ends in -ment, and nouns ending in -ment are neuter: in a German dictionary, 97% of them take das.

All nouns ending in -ment
Sense 1
das

Meaning

[1] Once attack with heavy guns or from the air with bombs

[1] andauernder Angriff mit schwerem Geschütz oder aus der Luft mit Bomben

Examples

[1] "One hour before dark, the artillery begins a scanning barrier that is increasingly putting on the enemy trenches and finally concentrating on it in a fifteen minutes of bombing" "

[1] „Eine Stunde vor Dunkelwerden beginnt die Artillerie ein abtastendes Sperrfeuer, das sich immer mehr an die feindlichen Gräben heranschiebt und sich schließlich in einem fünfzehn Minuten dauernden Bombardement darauf konzentriert.“

[1] "After the bombing of November 6th and December 28, 1944, Koblenz was like a ghost town."

[1] „Nach den Bombardements vom 6. November und 28. Dezember 1944 glich Koblenz einer Geisterstadt.“
More source examples (2)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "For the population, the occasional bombings were a challenge, but above all a spectacle"

[1] „Für die Bevölkerung waren die gelegentlichen Bombardements eine Herausforderung, vor allem aber ein Spektakel.“

[1] "In the Korean War, this was reported to the Bombardments, but in reality in reality to South Korea" "

[1] „Dieser war im Koreakrieg nach den Bombardements als vermisst gemeldet worden, in Wirklichkeit aber nach Südkorea geflohen.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ das Bombardement die Bombardements
Genitiv des Bombardements der Bombardements
Dativ dem Bombardement den Bombardements
Akkusativ das Bombardement die Bombardements

Pronunciation

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