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The article for

Peking

(das) Peking

Peking 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] Capital of China

[1] Hauptstadt Chinas

Examples

[1] During the holidays we go to Pekingä

[1] In den Ferien fahren wir nach Peking.

[1] "Google was in dispute with the government in Beijing at the beginning of the year because after a hacker attack, the group no longer wanted to accept the usual censorship from official side"

[1] „Google hatte mit der Regierung in Peking Anfang des Jahres im Streit gelegen, weil der Konzern nach einer Hacker-Attacke die übliche Zensur von offizieller Seite nicht mehr hinnehmen wollte.“

[1] "Visually, the new crossover will orientate itself at the Allroad Concept, which was presented in Beijing this spring"

[1] „Optisch wird sich der neue Crossover am Allroad Concept orientieren, der in diesem Frühjahr in Peking präsentiert wurde.“

[1] "At the People's Congress in Beijing, the President had the limitation of his term"

[1] „Auf dem Volkskongress in Peking hat der Staatspräsident die Begrenzung seiner Amtszeit aufheben lassen.“
Grammar note

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

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ (das) Peking
Genitiv (des Peking) (des Pekings) Pekings
Dativ (dem) Peking
Akkusativ (das) Peking

Pronunciation

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