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The article for

Orient

der Orient

Orient is a masculine German noun. Its article is der.

Plural
no plural

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Why is it der Orient?

Orient ends in -ent, and most nouns ending in -ent are masculine: in a German dictionary, 84% of them take der.

All nouns ending in -ent
Sense 1
der

Meaning

[1] not clear: an area that includes at least the Middle East, but also the Middle East, the Far East, North Africa and Russia

[1] nicht eindeutig: ein Gebiet, dass mindestens den Nahen Osten umfasst, aber auch den Mittleren Osten, den Fernen Osten, Nordafrika und Russland umfassen kann

Examples

[1] The Orient has something mysterious for Europeans

[1] Der Orient hat für Europäer etwas Geheimnisvolles.

[1] "The foundation of a new seat of government on the Bosphorus at the interface between the Orient and Occident was particularly important"

[1] „Besondere Bedeutung kam der Gründung eines neuen Regierungssitzes am Bosporus an der Nahtstelle zwischen Orient und Okzident zu.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Orient —
Genitiv des Orients des Orientes —
Dativ dem Orient —
Akkusativ den Orient —

Pronunciation

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