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The article for

Mandarin

der Mandarin

Mandarin is a masculine German noun. Its article is der.

Plural
die Mandarine

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

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Why is it der Mandarin?

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

The other -in exceptions
Sense 1
der

Meaning

[1] High civil servant in the Imperial China

[1] hoher Beamter im kaiserlichen China

Examples

[1] The mandarins took over the functions that were previously held by the nobility

[1] Die Mandarine übernahmen die Funktionen, die vorher der Adel innehatte.

[1] "The result was that more and more people turned away from the farm, even rank -high mandarins, top state official"

[1] „Die Folge war, dass sich immer mehr Menschen vom Hof abwandten, sogar ranghohe Mandarine, oberste Staatsbeamte.“
More source examples (2)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "The two main offices include twelve mandarin areas of government president of their eighth"

[1] „Zu den beiden Hauptämtern gehören zwölf Mandarine; Regierungspräsidenten sind ihrer acht.“

[1] "With these cynical old crackers I knew myself quite well, I had nothing to do with them, I would have understood myself with Chinese mandarins"

[1] „Mit diesen zynischen alten Knackern verstand ich mich ganz gut, ich hatte nichts mit ihnen zu tun, mit chinesischen Mandarinen hätte ich mich genausogut verstanden.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Mandarin die Mandarine
Genitiv des Mandarins der Mandarine
Dativ dem Mandarin den Mandarinen
Akkusativ den Mandarin die Mandarine
Sense 2
das

Meaning

[1] The Chinese official language

[1] die chinesische Amtssprache

Examples

[1] Mandarin is spoken by over 880 million people

[1] Mandarin wird von über 880 Millionen Menschen gesprochen.

[1] It is chic to learn mandarin nowadays

[1] Es ist heutzutage schick, Mandarin zu lernen.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ (das) Mandarin —
Genitiv (des Mandarin) (des Mandarins) Mandarins —
Dativ (dem) Mandarin —
Akkusativ (das) Mandarin —

Pronunciation

In context

[1] ein Mandarin
[1] ein Mandarin Wikimedia Commons

Related nouns

Nouns with the same ending

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