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Gartenzaun

der Gartenzaun

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

Plural
die Gartenzäune

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

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Why is it der Gartenzaun?

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

Sense 1
der

Meaning

[1] fence for delimiting the garden

[1] Zaun zum Abgrenzen des Gartens

[2] (rarely) the sign

[2] (selten) das Zeichen #

Examples

[1] The garden fence was freshly painted yesterday

[1] Der Gartenzaun wurde gestern frisch gestrichen.

[1] "Haunzahndgasse (12, Hetzendorf, Rosenhügel settlement), named (1922) after a historic field name, a" living "garden fence made of shrubs, mostly hunting -tie" "

[1] „Haunzahndgasse (12, Hetzendorf, Siedlung Rosenhügel), benannt (1922) nach einem historischen Flurnamen, einem »lebenden« Gartenzaun aus Sträuchern, meistens Hagendornbüsche.“
More source examples (2)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "He washed his shirt and hanged it to dry over the garden fence"

[1] „Er wusch sein Hemd und hängte es zum Trocknen über den Gartenzaun.“

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Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Gartenzaun die Gartenzäune
Genitiv des Gartenzaunes des Gartenzauns der Gartenzäune
Dativ dem Gartenzaun dem Gartenzaune den Gartenzäunen
Akkusativ den Gartenzaun die Gartenzäune

Pronunciation

In context

[1] Gartenzaun in Blau
[1] Gartenzaun in Blau Wikimedia Commons

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