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The article for

Lessing

der Lessing

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

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Meaning

[1] German family name

[1] deutscher Familienname

Examples

[1] The Lessings next door invited us to grill

[1] Die Lessings von nebenan haben uns zum Grillen eingeladen.

[1] Doris Lessing has little about the demands of critics and readers

[1] Doris Lessing hat sich wenig um die Ansprüche von Kritikern und Lesern geschert.
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 "Lessing" - for male individuals who "Lessing" in the singular - for female individuals and/or a "Lessing" for one and/or a relative from the family "Lessing “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 Lessing (Lessing) die Lessing (Lessing) die Lessings
Genitiv des Lessing des Lessings Lessings der Lessing (Lessing) der Lessings
Dativ dem Lessing (Lessing) der Lessing (Lessing) den Lessings
Akkusativ den Lessing (Lessing) die Lessing (Lessing) die Lessings
siehe auch: Grammatik der deutschen Namen

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