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The article for

Bayern

(das) Bayern

Bayern 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] A federal state in the Federal Republic of Germany

[1] ein Bundesland in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland; Freistaat

[2] Historical country in Germany, former kingdom

[2] historisches Land in Deutschland, ehemaliges Königreich

Examples

[1] Bavaria is a free state

[1] Bayern ist ein Freistaat.

[1] Bavaria is located in southern Germany

[1] Bayern liegt im Süden Deutschlands.

[1] "From the 1980s from the 1980s in Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg Viereck hesques were systematically excavated and old research reports were examined"

[1] „Ab den 1980er-Jahren wurden in Bayern und Baden-Württemberg Viereckschanzen systematisch ausgegraben und alte Forschungsberichte unter die Lupe genommen.“

[2] The Duchy of Bavaria was in the south of the Roman-German Empire

[2] Das Herzogtum Bayern lag im Süden des Römisch-Deutschen Reiches.
Grammar note

The article is needed if "Bavaria" 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) Bayern
Genitiv (des Bayern) (des Bayerns) Bayerns
Dativ (dem) Bayern
Akkusativ (das) Bayern

Pronunciation

In context

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