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The article for

Passkontrolle

die Passkontrolle

Passkontrolle is a feminine German noun. Its article is die.

Plural
die Passkontrollen
English
passport control
Level
B1
Topic
Travelling

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Why is it die Passkontrolle?

Passkontrolle is a compound noun, and German compounds take the article of their last word: die Kontrolle. So it’s die Passkontrolle.

Sense 1
die

Meaning

[1] Checking passes to determine the identity of people

[1] Überprüfung von Pässen, um die Identität von Personen festzustellen

Examples

[1] "Places where passport control takes place regularly, there are many people"

[1] „Orte, an denen regelmäßig eine Passkontrolle stattfindet, gibt es viele. “

[1] "First came the passport control"

[1] „Zuerst kam die Passkontrolle.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Passkontrolle die Passkontrollen
Genitiv der Passkontrolle der Passkontrollen
Dativ der Passkontrolle den Passkontrollen
Akkusativ die Passkontrolle die Passkontrollen

Pronunciation

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