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The article for

Vietnam

(das) Vietnam

Vietnam 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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Meaning

[1] State in Southeast Asia

[1] Staat in Südostasien

Examples

[1] Tomorrow I'll fly to Vietnam

[1] Morgen fliege ich nach Vietnam.

[1] Hanoi is the capital of Vietnam

[1] Hanoi ist die Hauptstadt von Vietnam.

[1] I only know the Vietnam of the Ho Chi Minh

[1] Das Vietnam des Ho Chi Minh kenne ich nur aus Büchern.

[1] "Sung had sent his son to grandmother when he asked him what he could bring from Vietnam to the cosmopolitan week"

[1] „Sung hatte seinen Sohn zur Großmutter geschickt, als der ihn fragte, was er denn aus Vietnam zur weltoffenen Woche mitbringen könne.“
Grammar note

The article is needed if "Vietnam" 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) Vietnam
Genitiv (des Vietnam) (des Vietnams) Vietnams
Dativ (dem) Vietnam
Akkusativ (das) Vietnam

Pronunciation

Dictionary data includes material derived from Wiktionary. Wiktionary