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Symposium

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

Plural
die Symposien

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Why is it das Symposium?

Symposium ends in -ium, and nouns ending in -ium are neuter: in a German dictionary, 100% of them take das.

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Meaning

[1] Meeting/conference/meeting of scientists on a topic

[1] Treffen/Tagung/Versammlung von Wissenschaftlern zu einem Thema

Examples

[1] "Winogradow, the Soviet geneticist, had sent a telegram in which it was said that unforeseen circumstances prevented him from participating in the symposium"

[1] „Winogradow, der sowjetische Genetiker, hatte ein Telegramm gesandt, in dem es hieß, daß unvorhergesehene Umstände ihn daran hinderten, an dem Symposium teilzunehmen.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ das Symposium die Symposien
Genitiv des Symposiums der Symposien
Dativ dem Symposium den Symposien
Akkusativ das Symposium die Symposien

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