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The article for

Lang

der Lang

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Meaning

[1] German surname, family name

[1] deutscher Nachname, Familienname

Examples

Lang shaped the film history by making new aesthetic and technical standards, especially in the era of late silent film and the early sound film

[1] Lang prägte die Filmgeschichte mit, indem er vor allem in der Ära des späten Stummfilms und des frühen Tonfilms neue ästhetische und technische Maßstäbe setzte.

[1] Red Bull Munich from the German Ice Hockey League (DEL) has committed goalkeeper Lukas Lang

[1] Red Bull München aus der Deutschen Eishockey Liga (DEL) hat Torhüter Lukas Lang verpflichtet.
Grammar note

The oral, colloquial use of the article for last names is not uniformly used to do not use an article, Central German is inconsistent, in southern German, Austrian and Swiss idioms the article tends to be needed.

In the event of an article use: the "long" - for male individuals who "long" in the singular - for female individuals and/or a "long" for one and/or a relative from the family "Lang “And/or the group of namesers. The one in the plural applies to the family and/or all name carriers of the same name. The written, standard language use for last names is in principle without an article.

Declension

1 Singular m Singular f Plural
Nominativ der Lang (Lang) die Lang (Lang) die Langs
Genitiv des Lang des Langs Langs der Lang (Lang) der Langs
Dativ dem Lang (Lang) der Lang (Lang) den Langs
Akkusativ den Lang (Lang) die Lang (Lang) die Langs
siehe auch: Grammatik der deutschen Namen

Pronunciation

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