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The article for

Hades

der Hades

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

Plural
no plural

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Why is it der Hades?

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

Sense 1
der

Meaning

[1] Greek mythology: God of the underworld, brother of Zeus

[1] griechische Mythologie: Gott der Unterwelt, Bruder des Zeus

[2] named underworld according to [1]

[2] nach [1] benannte Unterwelt

[3] Unlookable (comparisons hell)

[3] Unwahrnehmbares (vergleiche Hölle)

Examples

[1] Hades is a brother of the Zeusä

[1] Hades ist ein Bruder des Zeus.

[2] Few heroes are back from Hades again

[2] Nur wenige Helden sind wieder aus dem Hades zurückgekehrt.
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[3] Since Hades is the unknown, there is no local, spatial, real space for the Hadesä

[3] Da Hades das Unwahrnehmbare ist, gibt es keinen örtlichen, räumlichen, realen Platz für den Hades.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Hades —
Genitiv des Hades —
Dativ dem Hades —
Akkusativ den Hades —

Pronunciation

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