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The article for

Messestadt

die Messestadt

Messestadt is a feminine German noun. Its article is die.

Plural
die Messestädte

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

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Why is it die Messestadt?

Messestadt is a compound noun, and German compounds take the article of their last word: die Stadt. So it’s die Messestadt.

Sense 1
die

Meaning

[1] City in which trade fairs (exhibitions) take place regularly

[1] Stadt, in der regelmäßig Messen (Ausstellungen) stattfinden

Examples

[1] "Like every trade fair city, Frankfurt near the main train station has a large and highly lively red light quarter" "

[1] „Wie jede Messestadt hat auch Frankfurt in der Nähe des Hauptbahnhofs ein großes und höchst lebendiges Rotlichtviertel.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Messestadt die Messestädte
Genitiv der Messestadt der Messestädte
Dativ der Messestadt den Messestädten
Akkusativ die Messestadt die Messestädte

Pronunciation

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