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The article for

Xanten

(das) Xanten

Xanten is a proper noun and usually takes no article. When one is needed it is das.

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

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Meaning

[1] Geography: German city in the Lower Rhine lowlands

[1] Geografie: deutsche Stadt im Niederrheinischen Tiefland

Examples

[1] Xanten lies on the Lower Rhine

[1] Xanten liegt am Niederrhein.

[1] "The survivors of the migration storms moved to the nearby cathedral hill of today's Xantensä for centuries.

[1] "Die Überlebenden der Völkerwanderungsstürme übersiedelten auf den nahen Domhügel des heutigen Xantens. Jahrhundertelang dienten die" Ruinen des antiken Colonia Ulpia Traiana "der mittelalterlichen Stadt als Steinbruch."
Grammar note

The article is needed if "Xanten" in a certain quality, at a certain time or period as a subject or object in the sentence, is otherwise, i.e. usually, no article is used.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ (das) Xanten —
Genitiv (des Xanten) (des Xantens) Xantens —
Dativ (dem) Xanten —
Akkusativ (das) Xanten —

Pronunciation

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