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The article for

Wasserburg

die Wasserburg

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

Plural
die Wasserburgen

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Why is it die Wasserburg?

Wasserburg is a compound noun, and German compounds take the article of their last word: die Burg. So it’s die Wasserburg.

Sense 1
die

Meaning

[1] Architecture: A castle surrounded by water

[1] Architektur: eine Burg, die von Wasser umgeben ist

Examples

[1] The water ditch of a Wasserburg served as a defense

[1] Der Wassergraben einer Wasserburg diente zur Verteidigung.

[1] "The consequences were dramatic: the water castles in the Rheingau district" "

[1] „Die Folgen waren dramatisch: die Wasserburgen im Rheingau verlandeten.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Wasserburg die Wasserburgen
Genitiv der Wasserburg der Wasserburgen
Dativ der Wasserburg den Wasserburgen
Akkusativ die Wasserburg die Wasserburgen

Pronunciation

In context

[1] Wasserung Bodiam Castle (Sussex, England)
[1] Wasserung Bodiam Castle (Sussex, England) Wikimedia Commons

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