Why is it das Domizil?
Domizil ends in -il, but that ending doesn’t settle the article: in a German dictionary, 57% of -il nouns take das and 40% take der. So learn it with its article: das Domizil.
Which endings you can rely onMeaning
[1] residence
[1] Wohnsitz[2] Payment location
[2] ZahlungsortExamples
[1] His domicile lies on the sea
[1] Sein Domizil liegt am Meer.
[1] "In search of my new domicile, I started to drive into the surrounding area of Jerichos and, there, under the individual houses scattered into the landscape, to keep an eye out"
[1] „Auf der Suche nach meinem neuen Domizil begann ich, in die nähere Umgebung Jerichos zu fahren und dort, unter den einzelnen in die Landschaft gestreuten Häusern, Ausschau zu halten.“
More source examples (4)
These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.
[1] "We reached our new domicile at Nachtä"
[1] „Wir erreichten unser neues Domizil bei Nacht.“
[1] "Perhaps she used this domicile for encounters of such art" "
[1] „Vielleicht benutzte sie dieses Domizil für Begegnungen solcher Art.“
[1] "Serana lived in the two large back rooms of a formerly large domicile, in whose two small front rooms Ms. Michelsen, a youthful widow who deserves their maintenance with tailors"
[1] „Serana bewohnte die beiden großen Hinterzimmer eines vormals großherrschaftlichen Domizils, in dessen zwei kleinen Vorderräumen Frau Michelsen logierte, eine jugendliche Witwe, die ihren Unterhalt mit Schneidern verdiente.“
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Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | das Domizil | die Domizile |
| Genitiv | des Domizils | der Domizile |
| Dativ | dem Domizil | den Domizilen |
| Akkusativ | das Domizil | die Domizile |
Pronunciation
Dictionary entries include material from Wiktionary. Wiktionary