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The article for

Gelsenkirchen

(das) Gelsenkirchen

Gelsenkirchen 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 the Ruhr area in the Westphalian part of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

[1] Stadt im Ruhrgebiet im westfälischen Landesteil Nordrhein-Westfalens, Deutschland

Examples

[1] Gelsenkirchen is located in the Ruhr area

[1] Gelsenkirchen liegt im Ruhrgebiet.

Grammar note

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

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ (das) Gelsenkirchen —
Genitiv (des Gelsenkirchen) (des Gelsenkirchens) Gelsenkirchens —
Dativ (dem) Gelsenkirchen —
Akkusativ (das) Gelsenkirchen —

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