Articles of the cities

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Which article should I use if I want to call a city beautiful? For example I want to say "Ich möchte das schöne Berlin mal besuchen."

Is it "das schöne Berlin" oder "die schöne Berlin"? Or maybe "den schönen Berlin"?

Berlin is just an example.

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 25 '18 at 16:42

„Das schöne Berlin“ is correct as well as „die schöne Stadt Berlin“. Berlin can be changed if neccessary.

But: „Das Dorf, die Gemeinde, der Ort“, if you want distinguish between city, town and village.

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 26 '18 at 22:11

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Most towns/cities, countries and continents are neuter (das).

There are a few exceptions e.g.:

die Schweiz, die Türkei, die Slowakei
der Libanon, der Jemen
die Niederlande (plural)

There's a more complete list of the exceptions here

answered Mar 26 '18 at 22:11

PiedPiper

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 25 '18 at 16:02

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I'm sure that saying : "Ich möchte die schöne Stadt Berlin besichtigen" is correct. When I went to Germany one year ago I heard many people saying sentences like this one with other city names!

answered Mar 25 '18 at 16:02

Skycaller

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You are correct, one could say 'due schöne Stadt Berlin'. However, the question was about the article if the noun Stadt is omitted: is it der/die/das schöne Berlin? Maybe you can edit your answer to add this. – Arsak Mar 25 '18 at 16:17
due should be die – Arsak Mar 25 '18 at 18:26

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