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One of the nice things for natives to hear from foreigners is the names of their
country in their language. They are even more impressed when you can
pronounce their cities correctly. The following list includes an audio
pronunciation of cities and Bundesländer in Germany as well as neighboring
countries from Europe. Scroll down to see how your or other countries,
nationalities and languages sound in German.
Berlin-Berlin
Bremen-Bremen
Hamburg-Hamburg
Other German-Speaking Countries
Österreich-Wien (Vienna)
Die Schweiz-Bern
The name of the German nationality is quite special it behaves like an adjective.
Take a look:
Luckily it seems to be the only one behaving like this. Almost all names of
languages end in -(i)sch in German. An exception would be: das Hindi
Those who use a different article than "das" always (!) use their article. Luckily
those are only a few. Here are some more known ones:
DER: der Irak, der Iran, der Libanon, der Sudan, der Tschad
DIE : die Schweiz, die Pfalz, die Türkei, die Europäische Union, die Tschechei,
die Mongolei
DIE Plural: die Vereinigten Staaten (the United States), die USA, die
Niederlande, die Philippinen
Grammar Tip of the Day
Discover grammar tips, writing help, and fun English language facts.
This might get a bit irritating for you because as soon as you want to say that you
come "from" one of these countries the article will change. An example:
This is due to the word "aus" in front of the article which requires the dative case.