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The article for

Nancy

Nancy

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Meaning

[1] Capital of the French department of Meurthe-ET-Moselle in Lorraine/Grand Est

[1] Hauptstadt des französischen Départements Meurthe-et-Moselle in Lothringen/Grand Est

Examples

[1] "In Nancy you celebrate St. Nicholas for 40 days with Santa Claus villages, animations, carousels and giant wheels"

[1] „In Nancy feiert man den heiligen Nikolaus 40 Tage lang mit Nikolausdörfern, Animationen, Karussells und Riesenrädern.“

[1] "I brought about twelve days in Nancy to give instructions to the young game and to convince the mother that she had to be satisfied with the very subordinate servant of Countess Lascaris"

[1] „Ich brachte etwa zwölf Tage in Nancy damit zu, dem jungen Wildfang Anweisungen zu geben und die Mutter zu überzeugen, daß sie sich damit begnügen müsse, die sehr untertänige Dienerin der Gräfin Lascaris zu sein.“
Grammar note

The article is needed if "Nancy" in a certain quality, at a certain time or period as a subject or object in the sentence, is otherwise, i.e. usually, no article is used.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ (das) Nancy
Genitiv (des Nancy) (des Nancys) Nancys
Dativ (dem) Nancy
Akkusativ (das) Nancy

Pronunciation

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