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The article for

Credo

das Credo

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

Plural
die Credos

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

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Why is it das Credo?

Credo ends in -o, but that ending doesn’t settle the article: in a German dictionary, 45% of -o nouns take das, 43% take der, and 11% take die. So learn it with its article: das Credo.

Which endings you can rely on
Sense 1
das

Meaning

[1] Christianity: Apostolic Creed

[1] Christentum: apostolisches Glaubensbekenntnis

[2] Education: Convention that someone represents

[2] bildungssprachlich: Überzeugung, die jemand vertritt

Examples

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[2] "She never came up with rejection in public with her offensive credo"

[2] „Niemals ist sie in der Öffentlichkeit mit ihrem stets offensiv vorgetragenen Credo auf Ablehnung gestoßen.“
More source examples (3)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[2] "The ideological warfare from Hannibal from the start now wore the first fruit she allowed him to comply with his political-military creed: the continuation of his campaign on Italian soil, which resulted in North Africa of the horrors of war was spared. "

[2] „Die von Hannibal von Anfang an konsequent betriebene ideologische Kriegsführung trug nun erste Früchte. Sie erlaubte ihm die Befolgung seines politisch-militärischen Credos: die Fortsetzung seines Feldzuges auf italischem Boden, was zur Folge hatte, dass Nordafrika von den Schrecken des Krieges verschont blieb.“

[2] "The creed of the grandson is unmistakable"

[2] „Das Credo des Enkels ist unmissverständlich.“

[2] "This credo of democracy is still foreign to most African leaders"

[2] „Dieses Credo der Demokratie ist den meisten afrikanischen Führern bis heute fremd.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ das Credo die Credos
Genitiv des Credos der Credos
Dativ dem Credo den Credos
Akkusativ das Credo die Credos

Pronunciation

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