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The article for

Metropolis

die Metropolis

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

Plural
die Metropolen

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

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Why is it die Metropolis?

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

Sense 1
die

Meaning

[1] The cosmopolitan city, the capital with a cosmopolitan character, the provincial capital

[1] die Weltstadt, die Hauptstadt mit weltstädtischem Charakter, die Provinzhauptstadt

[2] Religion: The Bischofskirche

[2] Religion: die Bischofskirche

Examples

[1] Cöln a metropolis of the northern Gaul

[1] Cöln eine Metropolis des nördlichen Galliens.

[2]

[2]

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Metropolis die Metropolen
Genitiv der Metropolis der Metropolen
Dativ der Metropolis den Metropolen
Akkusativ die Metropolis die Metropolen

Pronunciation

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