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The article for

Afghan

der Afghan

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

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Meaning

[1] Family name, last name

[1] Familienname, Nachname

Examples

[1] Ms. Afghan is a genius in the sales

[1] Frau Afghan ist ein Genie im Verkauf.

[1] Mr. Afghan did not want to give us an interview

[1] Herr Afghan wollte uns kein Interview geben.

[1] The Afghans are flying to Liverpool today today

[1] Die Afghans fliegen heute nach Liverpool.

[1] The Afghan never bears the sweater that the Afghan knits him

[1] Der Afghan trägt nie die Pullover, die die Afghan ihm strickt.

[1] But I can tell you: "When the woman Afghan comes, Mr. Afghane goes"

[1] Das kann ich dir aber sagen: „Wenn die Frau Afghan kommt, geht der Herr Afghan.“

[1] Afghan comes and goes

[1] Afghan kommt und geht.

[1] Afghans came, saw and winning

[1] Afghans kamen, sahen und siegten.
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 "Afghan" - for male individuals who "Afghan" in the singular - for female individuals - and/or an "Afghan" for a relative and/or a relative from the family " Afghan ”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 Afghan (Afghan) die Afghan (Afghan) die Afghans
Genitiv des Afghan des Afghans Afghans der Afghan (Afghan) der Afghans
Dativ dem Afghan (Afghan) der Afghan (Afghan) den Afghans
Akkusativ den Afghan (Afghan) die Afghan (Afghan) die Afghans
siehe auch: Grammatik der deutschen Namen

Pronunciation

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