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The article for

Kamerun

das Kamerun

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

Plural
die ?

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

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Why is it das Kamerun?

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

Sense 1
das

Meaning

[1] A country in Central Africa

[1] ein Land in Zentralafrika

Examples

[1] Cameroon used to be a German colony depression

[1] Kamerun war früher eine deutsche Kolonie.

[1] Jaunde is the capital of camera

[1] Jaunde ist die Hauptstadt von Kamerun.
More source examples (3)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "Ethnically, Cameroon is divided into 286 different folk and language group"

[1] „Ethnisch gliedert sich Kamerun in 286 verschiedenen Volks- und Sprachgruppen.“

[1] "Many classrooms in Cameroon are equipped with school benches that fixed on the ground"

[1] „Viele Klassenräume in Kamerun sind mit Schulbänken ausgestattet, die am Boden fixiert sind.“

[1] "A flag post was also introduced in Cameroon (messengers with flags from village to village), but which essentially served official purposes"

[1] „In Kamerun wurde auch eine Flaggenpost eingeführt (Boten mit Flaggen von Dorf zu Dorf), die aber im Wesentlichen amtlichen Zwecken diente.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ (das) Kamerun —
Genitiv (des Kamerun) (des Kameruns) Kameruns —
Dativ (dem) Kamerun —
Akkusativ (das) Kamerun —
Sense 2
das

Meaning

[1] joking: nudist beach

[1] scherzhaft: FKK-Strand

Examples

[1] Cameroon begins here

[1] Hier beginnt Kamerun.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ das Kamerun die ?
Genitiv des Kameruns der ?
Dativ dem Kamerun den ?
Akkusativ das Kamerun die ?

Pronunciation

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