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The article for

Hawaii

(das) Hawaii

Hawaii 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] Inland group, the state of the United States

[1] im Pazifik gelegene Inselgruppe, Bundesstaat der USA

[2] Island in the Pacific, the largest of the Hawaii Islands

[2] im Pazifik gelegene Insel, die größte der Hawaii-Inseln

Examples

[1] Hawaii is about 4000 km from the American mainland

[1] Hawaii ist ungefähr 4000 Km vom amerikanischen Festland entfernt.

In the past, Hawaii lived primarily from his fishing and his agriculture

[1] Früher lebte Hawaii vor allem von seinem Fischfang und seiner Landwirtschaft.

[1] The US state of Hawaii also started evacuations

[1] Der US-Bundesstaat Hawaii begann ebenfalls Evakuierungen.

[2] The Kilauea volcano in Hawaii is still active

[2] Der Vulkan Kilauea auf Hawaii ist noch aktiv.

A 1.7 meter high wave was measured near the city of Hilo on the island of Hawaii, on the island of Maui there were some waves up to two meters high

[2] Nahe der Stadt Hilo auf der Insel Hawaii wurde eine 1,7 Meter hohe Welle gemessen, auf der Insel Maui waren einige Wellen bis zu zwei Meter hoch.

[2] The Pacific Tsunami Warn Center in Hawaii had warned before the seaquake of possible floods in the region

[2] Das Pazifische Tsunami-Warnzentrum auf Hawaii hatte kurz nach dem Seebeben vor möglichen Überschwemmungen in der Region gewarnt.
Grammar note

The article is needed if "Hawaii" in a certain quality, at a certain time or period as a subject or object in the sentence, is otherwise, i.e. normally, no article is used.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ (das) Hawaii
Genitiv (des Hawaii) (des Hawaiis) Hawaiis
Dativ (dem) Hawaii
Akkusativ (das) Hawaii

Pronunciation

In context

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