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Frau Hilde liest die Lokalzeitung jeden Morgen auf dem Balkon und beginnt immer mit den Leserbriefen. Frau Hilde reads the local paper on her balcony every morning and always starts with the letters to the editor.

noun · C1

die Lokalzeitung

[loˈkaːlˌt͡saɪ̯tʊŋ]

local newspaper, local paper

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Grammar

Plural
die Lokalzeitungen In the plural the article is always "die".

Nouns ending in -ung are usually feminine: die Lokalzeitung. Der, Die or Das? The Rules

Declension

The noun in the four cases, with the definite article.

Case Singular Plural Example
Nominative wer? was? die Lokalzeitung die Lokalzeitungen
Accusative wen? was? die Lokalzeitung die Lokalzeitungen
Schreibst du lieber für eine Lokalzeitung oder für ein großes Magazin, wo dich niemand persönlich kennt? Would you rather write for a local paper or for a big magazine where nobody knows you personally?
Dative wem? der Lokalzeitung den Lokalzeitungen
Genitive wessen? der Lokalzeitung der Lokalzeitungen

How the Word Is Built

Lokal root zeit root ung suffix

-ung
a noun from a verb, always feminine: wohnen → die Wohnung (flat), rechnen → die Rechnung (bill).

A compound: Lokal + die Zeitung

The last word gives the article. More rules

Word family

die Zeitunglokaldie Tageszeitung

In Otti's situations: Otti writes an opinion piece

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