Why is it der Kosovo?
Kosovo ends in -o, but that ending doesn’t settle the article: in a German dictionary, 45% of -o nouns take das, 43% take der, and 11% take die. So learn it with its article: der Kosovo.
Which endings you can rely onExamples
[1] Kosovo borders on Serbia, Macedonia, Albania and Montenegro
[1] Kosovo grenzt an Serbien, Mazedonien, Albanien und Montenegro.
[1] "In the fights between the Uck, the separatist liberation army of the Serbian province of Kosovo inhabited by Albanians, NATO had intervened in 1999 with air strikes"
[1] „Bei den Kämpfen zwischen der UCK, der separatistischen Befreiungsarmee der mehrheitlich von Albanern bewohnten serbischen Provinz Kosovo, hatte die Nato 1999 mit Luftangriffen interveniert.“
More source examples (2)
These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.
[1] "The area of later Kosovo was populated by the Illyrians in ancient times (the Roman Theranda near today's prizre was originally an Illyrian settlement) Ä"
[1] „Das Gebiet des späteren Kosovo war in der Antike von den Illyrern besiedelt (das römische Theranda in der Nähe des heutigen Prizren war ursprünglich eine illyrische Siedlung).“
[1] "When the Balkan Wars finally ended the Ottoman rule in 1912, Kosovo was actually affiliated with the Kingdom of Serbia"
[1] „Als der Balkankrieg 1912 die Osmanenherrschaft endgültig beendete, wurde das Kosovo tatsächlich dem Königreich Serbien angegliedert.“
Declension
| 1 | Singular 1 | Singular 2 | Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | der Kosovo | (das) Kosovo | — |
| Genitiv | des Kosovo des Kosovos | (des Kosovo) (des Kosovos) Kosovos | — |
| Dativ | dem Kosovo | (dem) Kosovo | — |
| Akkusativ | den Kosovo | (das) Kosovo | — |
Pronunciation
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