Why is it die Nationalbank?

No ending, compound or meaning rule gives away the article of Nationalbank, so learn the two together: die Nationalbank.

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Meaning

[1] Banking: Central central bank of a state

[1] Bankwesen: zentrale Notenbank eines Staates

Examples

[1] "The National Bank held around 82 percent of its physical gold reserves in England at the end of 2013"

[1] „Die Nationalbank hielt Ende 2013 rund 82 Prozent ihrer physischen Goldreserven in England.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Nationalbank die Nationalbanken
Genitiv der Nationalbank der Nationalbanken
Dativ der Nationalbank den Nationalbanken
Akkusativ die Nationalbank die Nationalbanken

Pronunciation

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