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What is the Genitive form of "Der" in German?

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For example, the sentence "Das Buch des Mannes ist sehr interessant."

The appropriate definite article for masculine nouns in the genitive case is "des." Hence, the sentence should be "Das Buch des Mannes ist sehr interessant," which in English means "The man's book is very interesting."

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