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The article for

Wäldchen

das Wäldchen

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

Plural
die Wäldchen

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

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Why is it das Wäldchen?

Wäldchen ends in -chen, and almost all nouns ending in -chen are neuter: in a German dictionary, 94% of them take das.

All nouns ending in -chen
Sense 1
das

Meaning

[1] Small forest

[1] kleiner Wald

Examples

[1] He lives in his country house next to a Wäldchenä

[1] Er lebt in seinem Landhaus neben einem Wäldchen.

[1] "The pedestrian path in front of the forest led to a playground for Babies Warä"

[1] „Der Fußgängerweg vorm Wäldchen führte zu einem Spielplatz, der für Babys war.“
More source examples (3)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "After a premiere celebration, she led me to the grove, which next to her (unrequestable) dormitory"

[1] „Sie führte mich nach einer Premierenfeier in das Wäldchen, das neben ihrem (unbetretbaren) Studentenheim lag.“

[1] "Martin took care of the draft horses that they had flocked further back in a grove"

[1] „Martin kümmerte sich um die Zugpferde, die sie weiter hinten in einem Wäldchen angepflockt hatten.“

[1] "In front of the apartment building, a dirt road leads towards a small Wäldchen" "

[1] „Vor dem Mietshaus führt ein Feldweg in Richtung eines kleinen Wäldchens.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ das Wäldchen die Wäldchen
Genitiv des Wäldchens der Wäldchen
Dativ dem Wäldchen den Wäldchen
Akkusativ das Wäldchen die Wäldchen

Pronunciation

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