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The article for

Waldrand

der Waldrand

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

Plural
die Waldränder

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

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Why is it der Waldrand?

Waldrand ends in -and, but that ending doesn’t settle the article: in a German dictionary, 52% of -and nouns take das, 41% take der, and 7% take die. So learn it with its article: der Waldrand.

Which endings you can rely on
Sense 1
der

Meaning

[1] Border area of ​​a forest, transition area between the forest and the surrounding area

[1] Grenzbereich eines Waldes, Übergangsbereich zwischen Wald und umgebendem Gelände

Examples

[1] "On the edge of the forest I saw back a long time"

[1] „Am Waldrand sah ich noch einmal kurz zurück.“

[1] "Our dog also ran back and forth on the edge of the forest"

[1] „Auch unser Hund lief rastlos am Waldrand hin und her.“
More source examples (2)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "The meadow on the edge of the forest was in the first warm sunbeam" "

[1] „Die Wiese am Waldrand lag im ersten warmen Sonnenstrahl.“

[1] "We had reached the edge of the forest"

[1] „Wir hatten den Waldrand erreicht.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Waldrand die Waldränder
Genitiv des Waldrandes des Waldrands der Waldränder
Dativ dem Waldrand dem Waldrande den Waldrändern
Akkusativ den Waldrand die Waldränder

Pronunciation

In context

[1] Blick entlang des Waldrands
[1] Blick entlang des Waldrands Wikimedia Commons

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