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Laudatio

die Laudatio

Laudatio is a feminine German noun. Its article is die.

Plural
die Laudationes

Learn the noun together with its article. See the article rules.

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Why is it die Laudatio?

Laudatio 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: die Laudatio.

Which endings you can rely on
Sense 1
die

Meaning

[1] Rhetoric: As part of a ceremonial speech, in which someone can be recognized and merger

[1] Rhetorik: im Rahmen eines Festakts gehaltene feierliche Rede, in der jemandes Leistungen und Verdienste gewürdigt werden

Examples

[1] “Posted three cars covered with towels and assisted by Lissy, he held the laudation on the winners of the ADAC breakdown statistics:» This is how - today you can see it: The stars of the middle class, first place with very few breakdowns: The Toyota Carina I, class winner of the ADAC breakdown statistics […] «"

[1] „Postiert vor drei mit Tüchern verdeckten Autos und assistiert von Lissy, hielt er die Laudatio auf die Sieger der ADAC-Pannenstatistik: »So - heut sehen Sie's: die Stars der Mittelklasse, erster Platz mit den wenigsten Pannen: der Toyota Carina I, Klassensieger der ADAC-Pannenstatistik. […]«“

[1] “The laudation for the award winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, Jody Williams, was hardly faded in Oslo, when a hard dispute between Norway and the United States broke out over even young mines, the abolition of which was the reason for the award of the Nobel Prize "

[1] „Die Laudatio für die Preisträgerin des Friedensnobelpreises, Jody Williams, war in Oslo noch kaum verklungen, da brach ein harter Streit zwischen Norwegen und den Vereinigten Staaten über ebenjene Minen aus, deren Abschaffung die Begründung für die Vergabe des Nobelpreises gewesen ist.“
More source examples (1)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "I was allowed to keep the laudation at a price that is called" Tulpe ""

[1] „Ich durfte die Laudatio zu einem Preis halten, der den Namen »Tulpe« trägt.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural 1 Plural 2
Nominativ die Laudatio die Laudationes die Laudationen
Genitiv der Laudatio der Laudationes der Laudationen
Dativ der Laudatio den Laudationes den Laudationen
Akkusativ die Laudatio die Laudationes die Laudationen

Pronunciation

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