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The article for

Wilhelm

der Wilhelm

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Meaning

[1] German family name

[1] deutscher Familienname

Examples

[1] Wilhelm studies social pedagogy, but does not have his own life under control

[1] Wilhelm studiert Sozialpädagogik, hat aber sein eigenes Leben nicht im Griff.
Grammar note

The oral, colloquial use of the article for last names is not uniformly used to do not use an article, Central German is inconsistent, in southern German, Austrian and Swiss idioms the article tends to be needed.

In the event of an article use: the "Wilhelm" - for male individuals who "Wilhelm" in the singular - for female individuals and/or a "Wilhelm" for one and/or a relative from the family "Wilhelm “And/or the group of namesers. The one in the plural applies to the family and/or all name carriers of the same name. The written, standard language use for last names is in principle without an article.

Declension

1 Singular m Singular f Plural
Nominativ der Wilhelm (Wilhelm) die Wilhelm (Wilhelm) die Wilhelms
Genitiv des Wilhelm des Wilhelms Wilhelms der Wilhelm (Wilhelm) der Wilhelms
Dativ dem Wilhelm (Wilhelm) der Wilhelm (Wilhelm) den Wilhelms
Akkusativ den Wilhelm (Wilhelm) die Wilhelm (Wilhelm) die Wilhelms
siehe auch: Grammatik der deutschen Namen

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