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The article for

Kentucky

(das) Kentucky

Kentucky 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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Meaning

[1] state in the central east of the United States

[1] Bundesstaat im zentralen Osten der USA

Examples

[1] "Large rivers like the Ohio or the Mississippi River, which also shape neighboring countries, determine the landscape and the borders of Kentuckys" "

[1] „Große Flüsse wie der Ohio oder der Mississippi River, die auch die Nachbarstaaten prägen, bestimmen das Landschaftsbild und die Grenzen Kentuckys.“

[1] The fact that Abraham Lincoln, born on February 12, 200 years ago in a tiny log cabin in Kentucky, was born to the president was not only unlikely because of his poor origin.

[1] Dass Abraham Lincoln, am 12. Februar vor nunmehr 200 Jahren in einer winzigen Blockhütte in Kentucky geboren, zum Präsidenten aufsteigen würde, war nicht allein seiner ärmlichen Herkunft wegen unwahrscheinlich.
Grammar note

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

Pronunciation

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