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The article for

Weekend

das Weekend

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

Plural
die Weekends

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

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Why is it das Weekend?

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

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das

Meaning

[1] Period, which includes Saturday and Sunday as free of work

[1] Zeitraum, der den Samstag und Sonntag als arbeitsfreie Tage umfasst

Examples

[1] Via the weekend we drive to my parents in Cologne

[1] Über das Weekend fahren wir zu meinen Eltern nach Köln.

[1] "Then I can make a weekend, I don't need to be back here before Sunday evening"

[1] „Dann kann ich Weekend machen, vor Sonntagabend brauche ich nicht wieder hier zu sein.“
More source examples (1)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "He spent the Weekends over there in Florida, mostly with girls who were not older than his daughter Betsyä"

[1] „Die Weekends verbrachte er drüben in Florida, meist mit Mädchen, die nicht älter waren als seine Tochter Betsy.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ das Weekend die Weekends
Genitiv des Weekends der Weekends
Dativ dem Weekend den Weekends
Akkusativ das Weekend die Weekends

Pronunciation

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