Uganda
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A country in East Africa bordering Kenya, South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Tanzania.
Uganda liegt am Viktoriasee und hat Kampala als Hauptstadt.
Uganda lies on Lake Victoria and has Kampala as its capital.
| gender | neuter das |
|---|---|
| genitive | Ugandas |
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Uganda | – |
| accusative | Uganda | – |
| dative | Uganda | – |
| genitive | Ugandas | – |
The article changes with the case; it is shown in colour.
'Uganda' is normally used without an article in German. This also applies after the prepositions 'in', 'nach' (to), and 'aus' (from); an article is used only in certain fixed or descriptive expressions.
Im nächsten Jahr möchte sie nach Uganda reisen.
She would like to travel to Uganda next year.
Viel Kaffee wird aus Uganda exportiert.
A lot of coffee is exported from Uganda.
When something belongs to Uganda or originates there, the genitive form 'Ugandas' is often placed directly before the noun. This form is particularly common in news reports and factual texts.
Ugandas Wirtschaft wächst seit einigen Jahren.
Uganda's economy has been growing for several years.
Ugandas Hauptstadt ist Kampala.
Uganda's capital is Kampala.
The adjective belonging to 'Uganda' is 'ugandisch' (Ugandan), which describes people, things, or institutions from this country. It comes before the relevant noun and takes the normal adjective ending.
In Uganda haben wir viel ugandische Musik gehört.
In Uganda, we listened to a lot of Ugandan music.
Auf dem Markt in Uganda gab es ugandischen Kaffee.
There was Ugandan coffee at the market in Uganda.
