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The article for

Detroit

(das) Detroit

Detroit 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] City in the US state of Michigan

[1] Großstadt im US-Bundesstaat Michigan

Examples

[1] "After the end of the Second World War, Detroit was a flourishing city-the navel of the US automotive industry"

[1] „Nach dem Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs war Detroit eine florierende Stadt – der Nabel der US-Automobilindustrie.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ (das) Detroit
Genitiv (des Detroit) (des Detroits) Detroits
Dativ (dem) Detroit
Akkusativ (das) Detroit

Pronunciation

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