Proper nouns (Eigennamen) have some deviations from other nouns (e. g. use of articles). Use this tag for marking questions where this difference is important or you consider it as such.
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How can I deal with "Eigennamen" when they conflict with the grammar of the sentence?
Imagine a street being named "Alte Straße". Which of the following sentences is correct?
"Ein Haus in der Alten Straße"
"Ein Haus in der Alte Straße"
The first one seems more intuitive, as it is grammatically consistent, but it changes the…
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Wie lauten die Einwohnerbezeichnungen (Demonyme) von Orten mit bestimmtem Artikel?
Es gibt Orte mit bestimmten Artikeln und attributiven Adjektiven, z.B. le Havre, le Locle, den Haag, la Chaux-de-Fonds, Buenos Aires usw. Es ist mir schwierig die richtigen Demonyme für die Einwohner von diesen Orten zu bilden. New-Yorker (oder…
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Is Afghanistan really the 8th most used proper noun in German? (Leipzig/BYU Corpus)
Sorry for the click bait title - I'm assuming Afghanistan is not the 8th most used proper noun in German. However it's listed as such in what appears to be one of the most popular German frequency dictionary:
Routledge Frequency Dictionaries - A…
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