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The article for

Freiburg

(das) Freiburg

Freiburg is a proper noun and usually takes no article. When one is needed it is das.

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

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Meaning

[1] City in southern Germany, fourth largest city in Baden-Württemberg

[1] Stadt in Süddeutschland, viertgrößte Stadt in Baden-Württemberg

[2] The main town of the bilingual Swiss canton of Freiburg of the same name

[2] Hauptort des gleichnamigen, zweisprachigen Schweizer Kantons Freiburg

[3] Church in Lower Saxony on the Elbe

[3] Gemeinde in Niedersachsen an der Elbe

Examples

[1] Freiburg is located on the border between Black Forest and Oberrheingrabenä

[1] Freiburg liegt an der Grenze zwischen Schwarzwald und Oberrheingraben.

Freiburg, located on both sides of the Saane in the Swiss Mittelland, is an important economic, administrative and education center with a bilingual university at the cultural border between German and French Switzerland

[2] Freiburg, beidseits der Saane im Schweizer Mittelland gelegen, ist ein wichtiges Wirtschafts-, Verwaltungs- und Bildungszentrum mit zweisprachiger Universität an der Kulturgrenze zwischen deutscher und französischer Schweiz.
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These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

Freiburg is around 20 kilometers southeast of Brunsbüttele

[3] Freiburg liegt circa 20 Kilometer südöstlich von Brunsbüttel.
Grammar note

The article is needed if "Freiburg" in a certain quality, at a certain time or period as a subject or object in the sentence, is otherwise, i.e. usually, no article is used.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ (das) Freiburg —
Genitiv (des Freiburg) (des Freiburgs) Freiburgs —
Dativ (dem) Freiburg —
Akkusativ (das) Freiburg —

Pronunciation

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