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The article for

Briefwechsel

der Briefwechsel

Briefwechsel is a masculine German noun. Its article is der.

Plural
die Briefwechsel

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

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Why is it der Briefwechsel?

Briefwechsel is a compound noun, and German compounds take the article of their last word: der Wechsel. So it’s der Briefwechsel.

Sense 1
der

Meaning

[1] Exchange of letters

[1] Austausch von Briefen

Examples

[1] During his absence, they were in a lively correspondence

[1] Während seiner Abwesenheit standen sie in einem regen Briefwechsel.

[1] "The correspondence led to a meeting and the meeting for a visit to the publisher" "

[1] „Der Briefwechsel führte zu einem Treffen und das Treffen zu einem Besuch Neds beim Herausgeber.“
More source examples (1)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "Julie, who lived in Moscow and had been in a correspondence with Princess Marja for five years, had become completely alien to her, as it turned out at the first personal meeting"

[1] „Julie, die in Moskau lebte und mit der Prinzessin Marja fünf Jahre lang ununterbrochen in Briefwechsel gestanden hatte, war ihr völlig fremd geworden, wie es sich beim ersten persönlichen Zusammentreffen erwies.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Briefwechsel die Briefwechsel
Genitiv des Briefwechsels der Briefwechsel
Dativ dem Briefwechsel den Briefwechseln
Akkusativ den Briefwechsel die Briefwechsel

Pronunciation

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