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The article for

Totengedenken

das Totengedenken

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

Plural
no plural

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Why is it das Totengedenken?

Totengedenken is a compound noun, and German compounds take the article of their last word: das Gedenken. So it’s das Totengedenken.

Sense 1
das

Meaning

[1] way of how the deceased is thought of

[1] Art und Weise, wie der Verstorbenen gedacht wird

Examples

[1] "Poland living in Germany are surprised at the weakly pronounced commemoration of the dead and the bare, deserted cemeteries"

[1] „In Deutschland lebende Polen wundern sich über das schwach ausgeprägte Totengedenken und die kahlen, menschenleeren Friedhöfe.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ das Totengedenken —
Genitiv des Totengedenkens —
Dativ dem Totengedenken —
Akkusativ das Totengedenken —

Pronunciation

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