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The article for

Tennessee

(das) Tennessee

Tennessee is a proper noun and usually takes no article. When one is needed it is das.

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

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Sense 1

Meaning

[1] state in the south of the United States

[1] Bundesstaat im Süden der USA

Examples

[1] Tennessee is about the size of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg

[1] Tennessee ist etwa so groß wie Bayern und Baden-Württemberg zusammen.

[1] Megan Fox and Miley Cyrus come from Tennessenseeä

[1] Megan Fox und Miley Cyrus stammen aus Tennessee.
Grammar note

The article is needed if "Tennessee" in a certain quality, at a certain time or period as a subject or object in the sentence, is otherwise, i.e. normally, no article is used.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ (das) Tennessee
Genitiv (des Tennessee) (des Tennessees) Tennessees
Dativ (dem) Tennessee
Akkusativ (das) Tennessee
Sense 2
der

Meaning

[1] Longest tributary of the Ohios

[1] längster Nebenfluss des Ohios

Examples

[1] The Tennessee is created in the appal matters by the confluence of smaller source flows and has a length of 1,049 kilometers (652 miles).

[1] Der Tennessee entsteht in den Appalachen durch den Zusammenfluss kleinerer Quellflüsse und hat eine Länge von 1.049 Kilometern (652 Meilen).

[1] The Tennessee flows through the US states of Tennessee, Kentucky and Alabamaower

[1] Der Tennessee fließt durch die US-amerikanischen Bundesstaaten Tennessee, Kentucky und Alabama.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Tennessee
Genitiv des Tennessees
Dativ dem Tennessee
Akkusativ den Tennessee

Pronunciation

In context

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