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The article for

Helgoland

(das) Helgoland

Helgoland is a proper noun and usually takes no article. When one is needed it is das.

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

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Meaning

[1] German island in the North Sea

[1] deutsche Insel in der Nordsee

Examples

[1] The seafight in front of Helgoland was held between Denmark and Austria in 1864

[1] Das Seegefecht vor Helgoland wurde 1864 zwischen Dänemark und Österreich ausgetragen.

The country is green, red is the Kant ', white is the sand, these are the colors of Helgolande (election and coat of arms of the island of Helgoland)

[1] Grün ist das Land, rot ist die Kant', weiß ist der Sand, das sind die Farben von Helgoland. (Wahl- und Wappenspruch der Insel Helgoland)

[1] "The North Sea gave Helgoland incessantly and sometimes greedily added, as in 1721, when the island finally broke into two parts by a storm"

[1] „Die Nordsee hat unaufhörlich an Helgoland genagt und manchmal auch gierig zugeschlagen, wie im Jahr 1721, als die Insel durch einen Sturm endgültig in zwei Teile zerbrach.“

[1] "Since 1796 Hamburg has had a postal agency on Helgoland" "

[1] „Seit 1796 unterhielt Hamburg eine Postagentur auf Helgoland.“
Grammar note

The article is needed if "Helgoland" in a certain quality, at a certain time or period as a subject or object in the sentence, is otherwise, i.e. normally, no article is used.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ (das) Helgoland
Genitiv (des Helgoland) (des Helgolands) Helgolands
Dativ (dem) Helgoland
Akkusativ (das) Helgoland

Pronunciation

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