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The article for

Schanghai

(das) Schanghai

Schanghai 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 of the People's Republic of China

[1] Stadt der Volksrepublik China

Examples

[1] Over 17 million people live in the Shanghai metropolitan area

[1] Im Ballungsraum Schanghai wohnen über 17 Millionen Menschen.

[1] The Shanghai of the 1930s was an architectural dialogue between east and western

[1] Das Schanghai der dreißiger Jahre war ein architektonischer Dialog zwischen Ost und West.

[1] The celebrations of Shanghai's new super tower end a ten -year construction phase in which the developers around the Japanese real estate company Mori were to accept a number of setbacks

[1] Die Feierlichkeiten an Schanghais neuem Superturm beenden eine zehnjährige Bauphase, in der die Entwickler um das japanische Immobilienunternehmen Mori eine Reihe von Rückschlägen hinnehmen mussten.

[1] Shanghai will offer the backdrop for the last race of the season, which is likely to be held as a night race

[1] Schanghai wird die Kulisse für das letzte Rennen der Saison bieten, das aller Voraussicht nach als Nachtrennen ausgetragen wird.
Grammar note

The article is needed if "Shanghai" 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) Schanghai
Genitiv (des Schanghai) (des Schanghais) Schanghais
Dativ (dem) Schanghai
Akkusativ (das) Schanghai

Pronunciation

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