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The article for

Rheingold

das Rheingold

Rheingold is a neuter German noun. Its article is das.

Plural
no plural

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

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Why is it das Rheingold?

Rheingold is a compound noun, and German compounds take the article of their last word: das Gold. So it’s das Rheingold.

Sense 1
das

Meaning

[1] Gold that is found in the Rhine

[1] Gold, das im Rhein gefunden wird

Examples

[1] “The Rheingold, of which the legends and Richard Wagner tell, was not hidden somewhere between the rocks of the Middle Rhine on the bottom of the river, but it was made from the Alps, from the mountainous origin with mica, quartz and feldspar in tiny plates Valley washed and deposited on the Upper Rhine "

[1] „Das Rheingold, von dem die Sagen und Richard Wagner erzählen, lag nicht irgendwo zwischen den Felsen des Mittelrheins auf dem Flußgrund verborgen, sondern es wurde aus den Alpen, vom gebirgigen Ursprung her mit Glimmer, Quarz und Feldspat in winzigen Plättchen zu Tal geschwemmt und am Oberrhein abgelagert.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ das Rheingold —
Genitiv des Rheingolds des Rheingoldes —
Dativ dem Rheingold dem Rheingolde —
Akkusativ das Rheingold —

Pronunciation

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