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The article for

Heil

das Heil

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

Plural
no plural

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

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Why is it das Heil?

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

Sense 1
das

Meaning

[1] mostly personal well -being, happiness, health, recovery

[1] meist persönliches Wohlergehen, Glück, Gesundheit, Genesung

[2] Religion: Redemption, especially redemption of sins committed

[2] Religion: Erlösung, besonders auch Erlösung von begangenen Sünden

Examples

[1] He saw his salvation in the establishment of his own family

[1] Er sah sein Heil in der Gründung einer eigenen Familie.

[1] Proudhon becomes anarchist and found his salvation in the tarpaulin of autonomous economic groups who have a fair exchange of their truth values

[1] Proudhon wird Anarchist und fand sein Heil in dem Plane autonomer Wirtschaftsgruppen, die miteinander einen gerechten Austausch ihrer Wahrheitswerte treiben.
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[2] Now the sentence is: "In all knowledge of his own failure, the believer may be certain that God wants his salvation"

[2] Nun heißt der Satz: „In allem Wissen um sein eigenes Versagen darf der Glaubende dessen gewiss sein, dass Gott sein Heil will“.

[2] His eternal salvation in faith

[2] Sein ewiges Heil im Glauben finden.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ das Heil —
Genitiv des Heils des Heiles —
Dativ dem Heil —
Akkusativ das Heil —

Pronunciation

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