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The article for

Generalintendant

der Generalintendant

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

Plural
die Generalintendanten

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

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Why is it der Generalintendant?

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

Sense 1
der

Meaning

[1] The main manager of a theater, a broadcasting company, opera or the like

[1] hauptverantwortlicher Leiter eines Theaters, einer Rundfunkanstalt, Oper oder Ähnliches

[2] "Boss of the Field Dintantary System in the First World War", which headed "the catering system of the field army"

[2] „Chef des Feldintendanturwesens im Ersten Weltkrieg“, der „das Verpflegungswesen des Feldheeres“ leitete

Examples

[1] "Just as Goethe did not let go of the material for six decades, the new Weimar general director of its complexity also seems fascinated"

[1] „So wie Goethe der Stoff sechs Jahrzehnte lang nicht losließ, scheint auch der neue Weimarer Generalintendant von seiner Komplexität fasziniert.“

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Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Generalintendant die Generalintendanten
Genitiv des Generalintendanten der Generalintendanten
Dativ dem Generalintendanten den Generalintendanten
Akkusativ den Generalintendanten die Generalintendanten

Pronunciation

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