Why is it der Plenarsaal?
Plenarsaal ends in -al, but that ending doesn’t settle the article: in a German dictionary, 65% of -al nouns take das and 33% take der. So learn it with its article: der Plenarsaal.
Which endings you can rely onMeaning
Examples
[1] When the Federal Assembly comes together, it becomes close in the plenary hall of the Reichstaße
[1] Wenn die Bundesversammlung zusammentritt, wird es eng im Plenarsaal des Reichstages.
[1] "Even the plenary hall leaves them cold and also the red velvet armchairs in which countless senator buttons have shaped dents"
[1] „Selbst der Plenarsaal lässt sie kalt und ebenso die roten Samtsessel, in denen unzählige Senatorenhintern Dellen geformt haben.“
More source examples (1)
These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.
[1] "The then mayor of Frankfurt was so certain that the decision in favor of Frankfurt would be that he had already built a plenary hall"
[1] „Der damalige Frankfurter Oberbürgermeister war sich so sicher, dass die Entscheidung zu Gunsten Frankfurts ausfallen würde, dass er bereits einen Plenarsaal bauen ließ.“
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | der Plenarsaal | die Plenarsäle |
| Genitiv | des Plenarsaales des Plenarsaals | der Plenarsäle |
| Dativ | dem Plenarsaal dem Plenarsaale | den Plenarsälen |
| Akkusativ | den Plenarsaal | die Plenarsäle |
Pronunciation
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