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The article for

Preuße

der Preuße

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

Plural
die Preußen

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Why is it der Preuße?

Preuße ends in -e. Most nouns with this ending are feminine (79% take die), but Preuße is an exception: der Preuße.

The other -e exceptions
Sense 1
der

Meaning

[1] Historical: Preußen residents, person who comes from Prussia

[1] historisch: Einwohner Preußens, Person die aus Preußen stammt

[2] Southern German, mostly negatively connoted: from northern or central Germany

[2] süddeutsch, meist negativ konnotiert: aus Nord- oder Mitteldeutschland stammende Person

[3] outdated, colloquially, only plural: military service

[3] veraltend, umgangssprachlich, nur Plural: Militärdienst

Examples

[1] "The dashing Prussian tried for the pretty Danish, she enjoyed the flirte"

[1] „Der schneidige Preuße bemühte sich um die hübsche Dänin, sie genoss den Flirt.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Preuße die Preußen
Genitiv des Preußen der Preußen
Dativ dem Preußen den Preußen
Akkusativ den Preußen die Preußen

Pronunciation

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