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Lieblingsthema

das Lieblingsthema

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

Plural
die Lieblingsthemen
English
favorite topic

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Why is it das Lieblingsthema?

Lieblingsthema is a compound noun, and German compounds take the article of their last word: das Thema. So it’s das Lieblingsthema.

Sense 1
das

Meaning

[1] Topic about which someone particularly likes/often leaves out

[1] Thema, über das sich jemand besonders gern/oft auslässt

Examples

[1] "Angela was in the highest tones about good schools and cheap wine before she to go to her favorite topic"

[1] „Angela ließ sich in höchsten Tönen über gute Schulen und billigen Wein aus, bevor sie zu ihrem Lieblingsthema kam.“

[1] "On the father's favorite topic, contemptuous jokes about the military of the present and especially via Bonaparte, he did not go on"

[1] „Auf das Lieblingsthema des Vaters, geringschätzige Witzeleien über die Militärs der Gegenwart und besonders über Bonaparte, ging er nicht ein.“
More source examples (1)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "Remarque returns to one of his favorite topics in this novel"

[1] „Remarque kehrt in diesem Roman zu einem seiner Lieblingsthemen zurück.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural 1 Plural 2
Nominativ das Lieblingsthema die Lieblingsthemen die Lieblingsthemata
Genitiv des Lieblingsthemas der Lieblingsthemen der Lieblingsthemata
Dativ dem Lieblingsthema den Lieblingsthemen den Lieblingsthemata
Akkusativ das Lieblingsthema die Lieblingsthemen die Lieblingsthemata

Pronunciation

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