Is it der, die or das Mafia?

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Mafia

The correct article in German of Mafia is die. So it is die Mafia! (nominative case)

The word Mafia is feminine, therefore the correct article is die.

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German declension of Mafia?

How does the declension of Mafia work in the nominative, accusative, dative and genitive cases? Here you can find all forms in the singular as well as in the plural:

1	Singular	Plural
Nominative	die Mafia	die Mafias
Genitive	der Mafia	der Mafias
Dative	der Mafia	den Mafias
Akkusative	die Mafia	die Mafias

What is the meaning of Mafia in German?

Mafia has various definitions in German:

[1] Collective term: Organized criminal organizations

[1] Sammelbegriff: organisierte Verbrecherorganisationen

[2] Without plural: Sicilian secret association

[2] ohne Plural: sizilianischer Geheimbund

How to use Mafia in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Mafia with translations in English.

[1] „Heute wird sie geschunden von der ’Ndrangheta, der kalabresischen Mafia, und abgeschrieben von den Parlamentariern aus Rom.“

[1] "Today she is devoured by the’ Ndrangheta, the Kalabresian mafia, and written off by the parliamentarians from Romä "

[1] „Wer der italienischen Mafia die Stirn bietet, bekommt Silber, wer der russischen Mafia gewachsen ist, bekommt Gold.“

[1] "Anyone who offers the Italian mafia forehead gets silver, whoever has grown to the Russian mafia, gets Goldä"

[1] „Die Prohibition ist in vollem Gang, letzte Farce eines puritanischen Amerika, durch die das Entstehen illegaler Treffpunkte, eines lukrativen Schwarzhandels und einer anmaßenden Mafia gefördert wird.“

[1] "Prohibition is in full corridor, the last farce of a puritanic America, through which the emergence of illegal meeting places, a lucrative black trade and a presumptuous mafia is promoted"

[1] „Du kümmerst dich um sie, aber die Mafia nimmt dir sämtliche Milch weg.“

[1] "You take care of her, but the mafia takes away all milk from you"

[2] „Mussolini entsandte den „eisernen Präfekten“ Cesare Mori nach Sizilien, der mit allen Mitteln des autoritären faschistischen Staates gegen die Mafia vorging.“

[2] "Mussolini sent the" Iron Prefect "Cesare Mori to Sicily, who was previously against the mafia" by all means of the authoritarian fascist state "