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The article for

Inventar

das Inventar

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

Plural
die Inventare
English
inventory
Topic
Business

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Why is it das Inventar?

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

Sense 1
das

Meaning

[1] Amount of objects of a certain type

[1] Menge der Gegenstände einer bestimmten Art

[2] all objects belonging to a facility, organization, company

[2] alle zu einer Einrichtung, Organisation, einem Betrieb gehörenden Gegenstände

[3] List / directory for [1, 2]

[3] Liste/Verzeichnis zu [1, 2]

Examples

[1] Our furniture inventory is still very incomplete

[1] Unser Inventar an Möbeln ist noch sehr unvollständig.

[2] After the water ingress we had to dispose of the entire inventory.

[2] Nach dem Wassereinbruch mussten wir das gesamte Inventar entsorgen.
More source examples (2)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[2] “The valuable inventory of the Charterhouse included an extensive collection of relics” [2]

[2] „Zum wertvollen Inventar der Kartause gehörte eine umfangreiche Reliquiensammlung.“[2]

[3] The inventory is determined in the course of an inventory .

[3] Das Inventar wird im Rahmen einer Inventur festgestellt.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ das Inventar die Inventare
Genitiv des Inventars der Inventare
Dativ dem Inventar den Inventaren
Akkusativ das Inventar die Inventare

Pronunciation

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