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The article for

WG

die WG

WG is a feminine German noun. Its article is die.

Plural
die WGs
English
shared flat
Level
A1

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Why is it die WG?

No ending, compound or meaning rule gives away the article of WG, so learn the two together: die WG.

Sense 1
die

Meaning

[1] Abbreviation for: shared apartment

[1] Abkürzung für: Wohngemeinschaft

Examples

[1] Not only students live in WGSE

[1] Nicht nur Studenten leben in WGs.

[1] At the beginning of her studies, she founded a flat with her best friend

[1] Zu Beginn ihres Studiums hat sie mit ihrer besten Freundin eine WG gegründet.
More source examples (2)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] Since Tom had not caught up with his roommates, he moved out of the WG

[1] Da Tom mit seinen Mitbewohnern nicht zurechtgekommen war, ist er aus der WG ausgezogen.

[1] "In one of her Cologne houses, his parents had left him a five-room apartment that Arnfried immediately converted into a shared apartment, a flat share,"

[1] „In einem ihrer Kölner Häuser hatten ihm seine Eltern eine Fünf-Zimmer-Wohnung überlassen, die Arnfried unverzüglich in eine Wohngemeinschaft, eine WG, umfunktionierte.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural 1 Plural 2
Nominativ die WG die WGs die WG
Genitiv der WG der WGs der WG
Dativ der WG den WGs den WG
Akkusativ die WG die WGs die WG

Pronunciation

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