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Grönland

Grönland

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Meaning

[1] largest island in the earth, autonomous component of Denmark

[1] größte Insel der Erde, autonomer Bestandteil Dänemarks

Examples

[1] You can also go on vacation in Greenland

[1] Man kann auch auf Grönland Urlaub machen.

[1] The Greenland of the Viking Age was different from today's

[1] Das Grönland der Wikingerzeit war anders als das heutige.

[1] "Iceland and Greenland have one thing in common: both were colonies of Denmark"

[1] „Island und Grönland haben eines gemeinsam: Beide waren Kolonien Dänemarks.“

[1] "Danish researchers are convinced that they have found the largest meteorite crater in the world on the southwest coast of Greenland"

[1] „Dänische Forscher sind überzeugt, an der Südwestküste Grönlands den größten Meteoritenkrater der Welt gefunden zu haben.“
Grammar note

The article is needed if "Greenland" in a certain quality, at a certain point in 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) Grönland
Genitiv (des Grönland) (des Grönlands) Grönlands
Dativ (dem) Grönland
Akkusativ (das) Grönland

Pronunciation

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