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The article for

Serail

das Serail

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

Plural
die Serails

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

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Why is it das Serail?

Serail ends in -il, but that ending doesn’t settle the article: in a German dictionary, 57% of -il nouns take das and 40% take der. So learn it with its article: das Serail.

Which endings you can rely on
Sense 1
das

Meaning

[1] Sultanpalast, Oriental Castle

[1] Sultanspalast, orientalisches Schloss

Examples

The Topkapi-Serail in Istanbul was the residence and government seat of the Sultane and the administrative center of the Ottoman Empire for centuries

[1] Das Topkapi-Serail in Istanbul war jahrhundertelang der Wohn- und Regierungssitz der Sultane sowie das Verwaltungszentrum des Osmanischen Reiches.

[1] "My mother, convinced that you can't prepare enough against the boredom of the sera, saw with satisfaction how much we like to deal with"

[1] „Meine Mutter, überzeugt davon, daß man sich gar nicht genug gegen die Langeweile des Serails wappnen kann, sah mit Genugtuung, wie gern wir uns beschäftigten.“
More source examples (1)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "I should violate the rights of an almighty husband and take care of the most beautiful of all of his Sultan women in his divine sera"

[1] „Ich sollte die Rechte eines allmächtigen Gatten verletzen und mich in seinem göttlichen Serail der schönsten aller seiner Sultaninnen bemächtigen.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ das Serail die Serails
Genitiv des Serails der Serails
Dativ dem Serail den Serails
Akkusativ das Serail die Serails

Pronunciation

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