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The article for

Rank

der Rank

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

Plural
die Ränke

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

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Why is it der Rank?

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

Sense 1
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Meaning

[1] outdated, upscale, only in the plural: intrigue, lists, machinations

[1] veraltend, gehoben, nur im Plural: Intrigen, Listen, Machenschaften

[2] South German, Swiss: curve, curvature

[2] süddeutsch, schweizerisch: Kurve, Wegkrümmung

[3] Pick, trick

[3] Kniff, Trick

Examples

[1] "Evil tongues already spoke of election falsification before the natural disaster made the domestic patties unimportant"

[1] „Böse Zungen sprachen bereits von Wahlfälschung, bevor die Naturkatastrophe die innenpolitischen Ränke unwichtig machte.“

[2] Carl ran forward, sweating, bleed, tore up the coat […] until he finally looked down from the next rank into the village and the tower with the scaffolding as always.

[2] Carl rannte vorwärts, schwitzte, schnob, zerriss sich den Mantel […], bis er endlich aufatmend vom nächsten Rank ins Dorf hinunter blickte und den Turm mit dem Gerüste wie immer dastehen sah.
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[3] He was very satisfied with himself, because he had found the right rank to avoid the whole thing

[3] Er war sehr zufrieden mit sich selbst, denn er hatte den rechten Rank gefunden, das ganze Durcheinander zu vermeiden.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Rank die Ränke
Genitiv des Ranks des Rankes der Ränke
Dativ dem Rank dem Ranke den Ränken
Akkusativ den Rank die Ränke

Pronunciation

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