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The article for

Paraguay

(das) Paraguay

Paraguay is a proper noun and usually takes no article. When one is needed it is das.

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

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Meaning

[1] Land inside South America

[1] Land im Inneren Südamerikas

Examples

[1] Paraguay has no direct access to the sea

[1] Paraguay hat keinen direkten Zugang zum Meer.

[1] Asunción is the capital of Paraguayan

[1] Asunción ist die Hauptstadt von Paraguay.

[1] Although Paraguay is no longer a dictatorship today, it is to be classified as an authoritarian regime

[1] Obgleich Paraguay heute keine Diktatur mehr ist, ist es doch als autoritäres Regime einzuordnen.
Grammar note

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

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ (das) Paraguay
Genitiv (des Paraguay) (des Paraguays) Paraguays
Dativ (dem) Paraguay
Akkusativ (das) Paraguay

Pronunciation

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