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The article for

Matchball

der Matchball

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

Plural
die Matchbälle

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

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Why is it der Matchball?

Matchball is a compound noun, and German compounds take the article of their last word: der Ball. So it’s der Matchball.

Sense 1
der

Meaning

[1] Sport: Ball change that can end a game

[1] Sport: Ballwechsel, der ein Spiel beenden kann

Examples

[1] "The Australian Open winner transformed her first match ball after 72 minutes"

[1] „Die Australian-Open-Siegerin verwandelte nach 72 Minuten ihren ersten Matchball.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Matchball die Matchbälle
Genitiv des Matchballs des Matchballes der Matchbälle
Dativ dem Matchball dem Matchballe den Matchbällen
Akkusativ den Matchball die Matchbälle

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