Why is it der Heiland?
Heiland ends in -and, but that ending doesn’t settle the article: in a German dictionary, 52% of -and nouns take das, 41% take der, and 7% take die. So learn it with its article: der Heiland.
Which endings you can rely onMeaning
Examples
[1] "Despite all the crimes [...] the Savior was born in this world, Meisner emphasized in his Christmas sermon on Friday in Cologne Domä"
[1] „Trotz aller Verbrechen […] sei der Heiland in diese Welt geboren worden, unterstrich Meisner in seiner Weihnachtspredigt am Freitag im Kölner Dom.“
[1] "The brilliantly played stirring of history worked on me, the narrative strands got around me like snakes and pulled together closer and closer together in the expectation of the Savior"
[1] „Die glänzend gespielten Rührseligkeiten der Geschichte bearbeiteten mich, die Erzählstränge legten sich um mich wie Schlangen und zogen sich in Erwartung des Heilandes enger und enger zusammen.“
More source examples (2)
These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.
[2] "In the longing of Brazil for a new Savior, Romario was chosen as the successor to Garrinchaha, the hero figure who had grabbeted the Europeans with their crooked legs in 1958 and 1962"
[2] „In der Sehnsucht Brasiliens nach einem neuen Heiland wurde Romario zum Nachfolger Garrinchas erkoren, jener Heldenfigur, die mit ihren krummen Beinen 1958 und 1962 die Europäer schwindlig gedribbelt hatte.“
[2] "The people expect rescue from false healers, not from their own knowledge, their own work, their own responsibility"
[2] „Von falschen Heilanden erwartet das Volk Rettung, nicht von eigener Erkenntnis, eigener Arbeit, eigener Verantwortung.“
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | der Heiland | die Heilande |
| Genitiv | des Heilandes des Heilands | der Heilande |
| Dativ | dem Heiland dem Heilande | den Heilanden |
| Akkusativ | den Heiland | die Heilande |
Pronunciation
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