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The article for

Moratorium

das Moratorium

Moratorium is a neuter German noun. Its article is das.

Plural
die Moratorien

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Why is it das Moratorium?

Moratorium ends in -ium, and nouns ending in -ium are neuter: in a German dictionary, 100% of them take das.

All nouns ending in -ium
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Meaning

[1] contractually agreed or legally ordered postponement

[1] vertraglich vereinbarter oder gesetzlich angeordneter Aufschub

Examples

[1] "For the time being, only one thing speaks against a quick exit: The assertion of the electricity industry, Germany has been importing more nuclear power from France and the Czech Republic since the beginning of the moratorium"

[1] „Gegen einen schnellen Ausstieg spricht vorerst nur eins: die Behauptung der Strombranche, Deutschland importiere seit Beginn des Moratoriums mehr Atomstrom aus Frankreich und Tschechien als zuvor.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ das Moratorium die Moratorien
Genitiv des Moratoriums der Moratorien
Dativ dem Moratorium den Moratorien
Akkusativ das Moratorium die Moratorien

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