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The article for

Latein

das Latein

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

Plural
no plural
English
Latin
Level
A2
Topic
Education

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Why is it das Latein?

Latein ends in -in. Most nouns with this ending are feminine (88% take die), but Latein is an exception: das Latein.

The other -in exceptions
Sense 1
das

Meaning

[1] The language of the Romans and European scholars

[1] die Sprache der Römer und europäischer Gelehrter

[2] Short: Latin American dances

[2] kurz: lateinamerikanische Tänze

Examples

[1] Latin used to be the language of the scientific

[1] Latein war früher die Sprache der Wissenschaft.

[1] "I have never learned so much Latin in life"

[1] „Ich habe nie im Leben so viel Latein gelernt.“
More source examples (2)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "Was your Latin full of mistakes, so they browse me with fried ribs or chicken, and often they gave me money"

[1] „War ihr Latein voller Fehler, so bestachen sie mich mit gebratenen Rippchen oder Hühnchen, und oft gaben sie mir auch Geld.“

[2] I prefer to dance Latin than Standard

[2] Ich tanze lieber Latein als Standard.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ (das) Latein —
Genitiv (des Latein) (des Lateins) Lateins —
Dativ (dem) Latein —
Akkusativ (das) Latein —

Pronunciation

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