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The article for

Ruin

der Ruin

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

Plural
no plural

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

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Why is it der Ruin?

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

Sense 1
der

Meaning

[1] Condition of full financial, health or moral collapse

[1] Zustand des vollständigen finanziellen, gesundheitlichen oder moralischen Zusammenbruchs

Examples

[1] A divorce would do the man into the ruin

[1] Eine Scheidung würde den Mann in den Ruin treiben.

[1] "He throws the money out, he hurls it and only sometimes does the opposite of everyone when he sees himself on the edge of the ruin, he stops and becomes stingy"

[1] „Er wirft das Geld hinaus, er verschleudert es und tut das gegenüber jedermann; nur manchmal, wenn er sich am Rande des Ruins sieht, hält er inne und wird geizig.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Ruin —
Genitiv des Ruins —
Dativ dem Ruin —
Akkusativ den Ruin —

Pronunciation

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