definite article
An article that introduces a noun and specifies it as the particular noun that is…An article that introduces a noun and specifies it as the particular noun that is being considered; in English, the only definite article is the and its variations.
» Are you looking for a definite article?
Suchen Sie einen bestimmten Artikel?
Вы ищете какую-то определённую статью?
Ты ищешь какую-то определённую статью?
Вы ищете какую-то определённую вещь?
Ты ищешь какую-то определённую вещь?
Meaning
1 sensesAn article that introduces a noun and specifies it as the particular noun that is being considered; in English, the only definite article is the and its variations.
bestimmter Artikel, bestimmtes Geschlechtswort, definiter Artikel
определённый арти́кльopredeljónnyj artíklʹ
ви́значений арти́кльvýznačenyj artýklʹ
- a determiner (as ‘the’ in English) that indicates specificity of reference
Examples
10 sentencesAre you looking for a definite article?
ruВы ищете какую-то определённую статью?
deSuchen Sie einen bestimmten Artikel?
Globasa has neither definite nor indefinite articles (the words a and the in English).
The final vowel of a noun or of the definite article can be left out and replaced by an apostrophe.
In German, the feminine definite article's genitive singular is "der".
deDer Genitiv Singular Femininum des bestimmten Artikels im Deutschen lautet „der“.
In Esperanto there is no indefinite and only one definite article.
ruВ эсперанто нет неопределённых и есть лишь один определённый артикль.
deIn Esperanto gibt es keinen unbestimmten und nur einen bestimmten Artikel.
Translations
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Forms
plural: definite articles| Singular | definite article |
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| Plural | definite articles |
regular