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The article for

Istanbul

(das) Istanbul

Istanbul 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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Sense 1

Meaning

[1] largest city in Turkey

[1] größte Stadt der Türkei

Examples

[1] "After a mountain and descent, FED Cup player Andrea Petkovic (Darmstadt) is at the WTA tournament in Istanbul in the semi-finals"

[1] „Nach einer Berg- und Talfahrt ist Fed-Cup-Spielerin Andrea Petkovic (Darmstadt) beim WTA-Turnier in Istanbul im Halbfinale gescheitert.“

[1] "His plan was to take Bulgaria and Greek Thracium from the European part of Turkey, to take Istanbul and cross the Bosphorus to further anatolia"

[1] „Sein Plan war, zunächst von Bulgarien und dem griechischen Thrakien aus den europäischen Teil der Türkei zu erobern, Istanbul zu nehmen und den Bosporus zu überqueren, um weiter nach Anatolien vorzustoßen.“
Grammar note

The article is needed if "Istanbul" in a certain quality, at a certain point in 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) Istanbul
Genitiv (des Istanbul) (des Istanbuls) Istanbuls
Dativ (dem) Istanbul
Akkusativ (das) Istanbul

Pronunciation

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