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The article for

Bonn

(das) Bonn

Bonn 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] District-free city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, German federal city

[1] Kreisfreie Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland, deutsche Bundesstadt

Examples

[1] There is a big university in Bonn

[1] In Bonn gibt es eine große Universität.

[1] "I left in mid -March and stopped in Bonn to make my mind" to the Elector "

[1] „Mitte März reiste ich ab und hielt in Bonn an, um dem Kurfürsten meine Aufwartung zu machen.“

[1] "In Bonn, everything was always on the other hand there I never appeared there, I live there, and the talented taxi never brought me to a hotel, but to my apartment"

[1] „In Bonn verlief immer alles anders; dort bin ich nie aufgetreten, dort wohne ich, und das herangewinkte Taxi brachte mich nie in ein Hotel, sondern in meine Wohnung.“
Grammar note

The article is needed if "Bonn" in a certain quality, at a certain point in 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) Bonn
Genitiv (des Bonn) (des Bonns) Bonns
Dativ (dem) Bonn
Akkusativ (das) Bonn

Pronunciation

In context

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