← Back to the dictionary

The article for

Pufferzone

die Pufferzone

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

Plural
die Pufferzonen

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

Next word

Why is it die Pufferzone?

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

Sense 1
die

Meaning

[1] area that lies between the parties to the conflict and is intended to prevent them from meeting immediately

[1] Gebiet, das zwischen Konfliktparteien liegt und verhindern soll, dass sie unmittelbar aufeinandertreffen

Examples

[1] "For over a thousand years, the area has been a political no man's land, a kind of buffer zone between the Danes and everyone who came from the south - whether Prussia, the Holy Roman Empire, Franconia or Sachsenä"

[1] „Seit über tausend Jahren war die Gegend ein politisches Niemandsland, eine Art Pufferzone zwischen den Dänen und allen, die von Süden kamen – ob Preußen, das Heilige Römische Reich, Franken oder Sachsen.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Pufferzone die Pufferzonen
Genitiv der Pufferzone der Pufferzonen
Dativ der Pufferzone den Pufferzonen
Akkusativ die Pufferzone die Pufferzonen

Pronunciation

Dictionary entries include material from Wiktionary. Wiktionary