Why is it das Inland?

Inland 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: das Inland.

Which endings you can rely on
Sense 1
das

Meaning

[1] Politics: Your own country (one person or group) ole the state in which you are located to refer to

[1] Politik: das eigene Land (einer Person oder Gruppe); der Staat in dem man sich befindet, auf den man sich bezieht

[2] Geography: The part of a country or the land mass that is not on the edge (on the coast)

[2] Geografie: der Teil eines Landes oder der Landmasse, der nicht am Rand (an der Küste) liegt

Examples

[1] With visits abroad, the Chancellor tried to distract from the crisis in Germany

[1] Mit Besuchen im Ausland versuchte der Kanzler von der Krise im Inland abzulenken.

[1] After a two -year transition period, European transfer forms are introduced, which should also apply in Germany

[1] Nach einer zweijährigen Übergangsfrist werden europaeinheitliche Überweisungsformulare eingeführt, die dann auch im Inland gelten sollen.
More source examples (1)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[2] Well, that's probably very different in Germany / where you rarely feel the salt water

[2] Nun, das ist wohl ganz anders im Inland, / wo man selten das Salzwasser spürt

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ das Inland —
Genitiv des Inlands des Inlandes —
Dativ dem Inland dem Inlande —
Akkusativ das Inland —

Pronunciation

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