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The article for

Chile

(das) Chile

Chile 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] Land in South America

[1] Land in Südamerika

Examples

[1] I am currently reading an interesting book about the Chile of the colonial time

[1] Ich lese zurzeit ein interessantes Buch über das Chile der Kolonialzeit.

[1] Santiago de Chile is the capital of Chileä

[1] Santiago de Chile ist die Hauptstadt von Chile.

[1] "Chile is located in the southern hemisphere, which is why the seasons are shifted by half a year compared to the north hemisphere and the moon and stars on the firmament hike the other way around"

[1] „Chile liegt auf der Südhalbkugel, weshalb die Jahreszeiten um ein halbes Jahr im Vergleich zur Nordhalbkugel verschoben sind und Mond und Sterne am Firmament andersherum wandern.“

[1] "On the one hand, Chile rely on imports to secure care, on the other hand, agriculture is an important foreign currency provider (predicting [D] fruit and wine)

[1] „Einerseits ist Chile zur Sicherung der Versorgung auf Importe angewiesen, andererseits ist die Landwirtschaft ein bedeutender Devisenbringer (vorwiegen[d] Obst und Wein).“
Grammar note

The article is needed if "Chile" 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) Chile
Genitiv (des Chile) (des Chiles) Chiles
Dativ (dem) Chile
Akkusativ (das) Chile

Pronunciation

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