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Vandale

Vandale is a masculine German noun. Its article is der.

Plural
die Vandalen

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

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Why is it der Vandale?

Vandale ends in -e. Most nouns with this ending are feminine (79% take die), but Vandale is an exception: der Vandale.

The other -e exceptions
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Meaning

[1] Relatives of the ancient, Germanic people of the same name

[1] Angehöriger des antiken, gleichnamigen germanischen Volkes

[2] Translated: Destructive person

[2] übertragen: zerstörungswütiger Mensch

Examples

[1] "The crisis tightened considerably when the vandal Rome took in 455, looted the city, captured the upper class and only released after payment of a high ransom" "

[1] „Die Krise verschärfte sich erheblich, als im Jahre 455 die Vandalen Rom einnahmen, die Stadt plünderten, die Oberschicht gefangen nahmen und erst nach Zahlung eines hohen Lösegeldes entließen.“

[1] "The vandals reached for everything that is not riveted and nail-resistant Warä"

[1] „Die Vandalen griffen nach allem, was nicht niet- und nagelfest war.“
More source examples (1)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[2] On Monday night, Vandalen had once again damaged the park benches

[2] In der Nacht zum Montag hatten Vandalen abermals die Parkbänke beschädigt.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Vandale die Vandalen
Genitiv des Vandalen der Vandalen
Dativ dem Vandalen den Vandalen
Akkusativ den Vandalen die Vandalen

Pronunciation

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