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The article for

Italien

(das) Italien

Italien 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] Land in southern Europe

[1] Land in Südeuropa

Examples

[1] Italy can look back on an eventful history

[1] Italien kann auf eine ereignisreiche Geschichte zurückblicken.

[1] "1871 - Rome becomes the capital of the United Italy"

[1] „1871 – Rom wird zur Hauptstadt des vereinten Italien.“

[1] "The area of ​​today's Italy was the core region of the Roman Empire with Rome as capital city" in antiquity "

[1] „Das Gebiet des heutigen Italiens war in der Antike die Kernregion des Römischen Reiches mit Rom als Hauptstadt.“

[1] "Italy, says Antonio Brilli in his book on the Grand Tour, was the place where the youth of Europe met" for a long time "

[1] „Italien, so Antonio Brilli in seinem Buch über die Grand Tour, war über lange Zeit der Ort, an dem sich die Jugend Europas begegnete.“
Grammar note

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

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ (das) Italien
Genitiv (des Italien) (des Italiens) Italiens
Dativ (dem) Italien
Akkusativ (das) Italien

Pronunciation

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