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The article for

Ankara

(das) Ankara

Ankara 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] Capital of Turkey

[1] Hauptstadt der Türkei

Examples

[1] I spent my last summer vacation in Ankarae

[1] Meine letzten Sommerferien verbrachte ich in Ankara.

[1] The Ottoman Ankara

[1] das osmanische Ankara

[1] "The Slovak striker of VfL Bochum flew from Austria to Ankara on Wednesday to negotiate with those responsible for Ankaragücü"

[1] „Der slowakische Stürmer des VfL Bochum ist am Mittwoch von Österreich aus nach Ankara geflogen, um dort mit den Verantwortlichen von Ankaragücü zu verhandeln.“
Grammar note

The article is needed if "Ankara" 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) Ankara
Genitiv (des Ankara) (des Ankaras) Ankaras
Dativ (dem) Ankara
Akkusativ (das) Ankara

Pronunciation

Dictionary data includes material derived from Wiktionary. Wiktionary