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The article for

Senegal

der Senegal

Senegal 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 Senegal?

Senegal ends in -al, but that ending doesn’t settle the article: in a German dictionary, 65% of -al nouns take das and 33% take der. So learn it with its article: der Senegal.

Which endings you can rely on
Sense 1
der

Meaning

[1] River in West Africa

[1] Fluss in Westafrika

Examples

[1] Let's go down the Senegal

[1] Lass uns den Senegal hinunterfahren.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Senegal —
Genitiv des Senegals —
Dativ dem Senegal —
Akkusativ den Senegal —
Sense 2
derdas

Meaning

[1] State on the West African Atlantic coast

[1] Staat an der westafrikanischen Atlantikküste

Examples

[1] DAKAR is the capital of Senegalä

[1] Dakar ist die Hauptstadt von Senegal.

[1] "The Senegal lies in the far west of Africa in the transition of the Sahel zone to the tropical" "

[1] „Der Senegal liegt im äußersten Westen Afrikas im Übergang der Sahelzone zu den Tropen.“
More source examples (3)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "In principle, the Senegal has the status of a developing country, but is further developed compared to other West African countries, but this has an overpriced effect of its products in the regional comparison"

[1] „Grundsätzlich hat der Senegal den Status eines Entwicklungslandes, ist jedoch im Vergleich zu anderen westafrikanischen Ländern weiter entwickelt, was aber seine Produkte im Regionalvergleich überteuert wirken lässt.“

[1] "Senegal lies in the area of ​​changing -moist tropical climate in the south and tropical dry climate in the north" "

[1] „Senegal liegt im Bereich wechselfeuchten Tropenklimas im Süden und tropischen Trockenklimas im Norden.“

[1] "Laye fled to Senegal with his wife and four children and no longer returned to Guinea"

[1] „Laye floh mit seiner Frau und vier Kindern nach Senegal und kehrte nicht mehr nach Guinea zurück.“
Grammar note

"Senegal" can have both masculines and neutral genus The article is always needed in "Senegal" as a masculine, with "Senegal" as a neutrum only if "Senegal" in a certain quality, at a certain point in time or period as a subject Or object in the sentence.

Senegal is used in official texts without an article.

Declension

1 Singular 1 Singular 2 Plural
Nominativ der Senegal (das) Senegal —
Genitiv des Senegal des Senegals (des Senegal) (des Senegals) Senegals —
Dativ dem Senegal (dem) Senegal —
Akkusativ den Senegal (das) Senegal —

Pronunciation

Related nouns

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