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Neuland

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

Plural
no plural

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

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Why is it das Neuland?

Neuland ends in -and, but that ending doesn’t settle the article: in a German dictionary, 52% of -and nouns take das, 41% take der, and 7% take die. So learn it with its article: das Neuland.

Which endings you can rely on
Sense 1
das

Meaning

[1] Description for an (often abstract) area, the possibilities and rules of which still have to be researched

[1] Bezeichnung für ein (oft abstraktes) Gebiet, dessen Möglichkeiten und Regeln erst noch erforscht werden müssen

Examples

[1] "Internet is new territory for all of us", Angela Merkel

[1] „Internet ist für uns alle Neuland”, Angela Merkel

[1] "When the driverless subway went into operation in 2008, Siemens had entered new territory"

[1] „Als die fahrerlose U-Bahn 2008 in Betrieb ging, hatte Siemens Neuland betreten.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ das Neuland —
Genitiv des Neulands des Neulandes —
Dativ dem Neuland —
Akkusativ das Neuland —

Pronunciation

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