Why is it das Zschopau?

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

Sense 1
das

Meaning

[1] A city in Saxony, Germany

[1] eine Stadt in Sachsen, Deutschland

Examples

[1] Zschopau is located in Germany's Eastern

[1] Zschopau liegt in Deutschlands Osten.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ (das) Zschopau —
Genitiv (des Zschopau) (des Zschopaus) Zschopaus —
Dativ (dem) Zschopau —
Akkusativ (das) Zschopau —
Sense 2
die

Meaning

[1] River in Saxony, Germany, left tributary of the Freiberg Mulde

[1] Fluss in Sachsen, Deutschland, linker Nebenfluss der Freiberger Mulde

Examples

[1] We crossed the Zschopau

[1] Wir überquerten die Zschopau.

[1] The children tried to Baden in the Zschopau

[1] Die Kinder versuchten, in der Zschopau zu baden.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Zschopau —
Genitiv der Zschopau —
Dativ der Zschopau —
Akkusativ die Zschopau —

Pronunciation

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