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The article for

HIV

das HIV

HIV is a neuter German noun. Its article is das.

Plural
die HIV

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

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Why is it das HIV?

No ending, compound or meaning rule gives away the article of HIV, so learn the two together: das HIV.

Sense 1
das

Meaning

[1] mostly in the singular, mostly without article, medicine: human immunodeficiency virus, in German human immune-weakness virus

[1] meist im Singular, meist ohne Artikel, Medizin: Human Immunodeficiency Virus, zu deutsch Menschliches Immun-Schwäche-Virus

Examples

[1] In Germany, around 43,000 people live with HIVE

[1] In Deutschland leben rund 43 000 Menschen mit HIV.

[1] "However, HIV is not such a big issue because so many people die from it, but because many celebrities disease AIDS"

[1] „Allerdings ist HIV medial nicht deswegen so ein großes Thema, weil so viele Menschen daran sterben, sondern weil viele Prominente an Aids erkranken.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural 1 Plural 2
Nominativ das HIV die HIV die HIVs
Genitiv des HIV des HIVs der HIV der HIVs
Dativ dem HIV den HIV den HIVs
Akkusativ das HIV die HIV die HIVs
Sense 2
der

Meaning

[1] Medicine: HIV

[1] Medizin: HIV

Examples

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Declension

Singular Plural
le HIV les HIV

Pronunciation

In context

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