how to pronounce des

/dəs/

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des is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of des in a speech by a native speaker of standard german:

“… als wie die bedeutung des feuers ist für …”

meanings of des

article:

Genitive masculine/neuter singular of der: the.

noun:

D-flat.

des frequency in german - A1 level of CEFR

the word des occurs in german on average 3121.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.