Why is it das Korps?
No ending, compound or meaning rule gives away the article of Korps, so learn the two together: das Korps.
Meaning
[1] Large Association, which is often subject to several divisions
[1] Großverband, dem oft mehrere Divisionen unterstehen[2] Organizational form of students
[2] Organisationsform von StudentenExamples
[1] We have a corps too little to hold the front
[1] Wir haben ein Korps zu wenig, um die Front zu halten.
[1] "It was fun inside: the luggage of the English officers had been ransacked, and a group of the corps now strut around in uniform skirts and feathers"
[1] „Drinnen ging es lustig zu: Man hatte das Gepäck der englischen Offiziere durchwühlt, und eine Gruppe des Korps stolzierte nun in Uniformröcken und Federn umher.“
More source examples (3)
These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.
[1] "Przebyszewski had stretched the weapons with his corps"
[1] „Przebyszewski hatte mit seinem Korps die Waffen gestreckt.“
[1] "Another corps had a violinist as field music who, angry on his two strings, proudly accompanied by the temporarily created captain" "
[1] „Ein anderes Korps hatte als Feldmusik einen Geiger, der, wütend auf seinen zwei Saiten streichend, stolz neben dem zeitweilig geschaffenen Kapitän einherschritt.“
[2] "At school I was part of a trifolium of friends who had committed some students who were friends and themselves to want to enter their corps in the future"
[2] „Ich gehörte auf der Schule zu einem Trifolium von Freunden, die sich einigen ihnen angefreundeten Studenten und sich selbst verpflichtet hatten, künftig in deren Korps eintreten zu wollen.“
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | das Korps | die Korps |
| Genitiv | des Korps | der Korps |
| Dativ | dem Korps | den Korps |
| Akkusativ | das Korps | die Korps |
Pronunciation
Dictionary entries include material from Wiktionary. Wiktionary