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The article for

Rabbi

der Rabbi

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

Plural
die Rabbinen

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

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Why is it der Rabbi?

No ending, compound or meaning rule gives away the article of Rabbi, so learn the two together: der Rabbi.

Sense 1
der

Meaning

[1] Judaism:

[1] Judentum:

[A] Without Plural: Honorary title or honorable address of a Jewish scholar and teacher

[a] ohne Plural: Ehrentitel oder ehrenvolle Anredeform eines jüdischen Gelehrten und Lehrers

[b] carrier of the honorary title described under [1a]

[b] Träger des unter [1a] beschriebenen Ehrentitels

[C] Title of the scholars who interpreted biblical laws in Talmudic times

[c] Titel der Gelehrten, die in talmudischer Zeit die biblischen Gesetze auslegten

Examples

[1] "A pattern of godly change was the rabbi, called Rabbi Abraham, a still young man who was famous for his faith"

[1] „Ein Muster gottgefälligen Wandels war der dortige Rabbiner, genannt Rabbi Abraham, ein noch jugendlicher Mann, der aber weit und breit wegen seiner Gelahrtheit berühmt war.“

[1] "The only rabbi I knew was the rabbi of the only survivors of our Polish clan"

[1] „Der einzige Rabbi, den ich kannte, war der Rabbi der einzigen Überlebenden unserer polnischen Sippe.“
More source examples (3)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "The Rabbi apparently wanted to say something"

[1] „Der Rabbi wollte offenbar etwas sagen.“

[1] "The Rabbi comes from Kolomeijeah"

[1] „Der Rabbi stammt aus Kolomeija.“

[1] "This is how most jokes revolve around religion, around the Rabbi, around the marriage" "

[1] „So drehen sich die meisten Witze um die Religion, um den Rabbi, um die Eheschließung.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural 1 Plural 2
Nominativ der Rabbi die Rabbinen die Rabbis
Genitiv des Rabbis der Rabbinen der Rabbis
Dativ dem Rabbi den Rabbinen den Rabbis
Akkusativ den Rabbi die Rabbinen die Rabbis
Sense 2
das

Meaning

[1] A municipality of the Autonomous Province of Trento in the Northern Italian region of Trentino-Südtirol

[1] eine Gemeinde der autonomen Provinz Trient in der norditalienischen Region Trentino-Südtirol

Examples

[1] Rabbi is located in the western South Tyrolean

[1] Rabbi liegt im Westen Südtirols.
Grammar note

The article is needed if "Rabbi" 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) Rabbi —
Genitiv (des Rabbi) (des Rabbis) Rabbis —
Dativ (dem) Rabbi —
Akkusativ (das) Rabbi —

Pronunciation

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