List of Initial Articles
List of articles to omit
If a title or corporate name begins with an article, omit the article from your search. (Since personal names
have no articles, do not apply this list to personal name searches.)
| Article | Language |
| a | English, Gallegan, Hungarian, Portuguese, Romanian, Scots, Yiddish |
| a' | Gaelic |
| al | Romanian |
| al- | Arabic, Baluchi, Brahui, Panjabi (Perso-Arabic script), Persian,
Turkish, Urdu.
al- is for all the spellings in romanization, for example, as in as-sijill. |
| am | Gaelic |
| an | English, Gaelic, Irish, Scots, Yiddish |
| an t- | Gaelic, Irish |
| ane | Scots |
| ang | Tagalog |
| ang mga | Tagalog |
| as | Gallegan, Portuguese |
| az | Hungarian |
| bat | Basque |
| bir | Turkish |
| d' | English |
| da | Shetland English |
| das | German |
| de | Danish, Dutch, English, Friesian, Norwegian, Swedish |
| dei | Norwegian |
| dem | German |
| den | Danish, German, Norwegian, Swedish |
| der | German, Yiddish |
| des | German |
| det | Danish, Norwegian, Swedish |
| di | Yiddish |
| die | Afrikaans, German, Yiddish |
| dos | Yiddish |
| e | Norwegian |
| 'e | Friesian |
| een | Dutch |
| eene | Dutch |
| egy | Hungarian |
| ei | Norwegian |
| ein | German, Norwegian |
| eine | German |
| einem | German |
| einen | German |
| einer | German |
| eines | German |
| eit | Norwegian |
| el | Catalan, Spanish |
| el- | Arabic |
| els | Catalan |
| en | Catalan, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish |
| et | Danish, Norwegian |
| ett | Swedish |
| eyn | Yiddish |
| eyne | Yiddish |
| gl' | Italian |
| gli | Italian |
| ha- | Hebrew |
| hai | Classical Greek, Greek |
| he | Hawaiian |
| he | Classical Greek, Greek |
| he- | Hebrew |
| heis | Greek |
| hen | Greek |
| hena | Greek |
| henas | Greek |
| het | Dutch |
| hin | Icelandic |
| hina | Icelandic |
| hinar | Icelandic |
| hinir | Icelandic |
| hinn | Icelandic |
| hinna | Icelandic |
| hinnar | Icelandic |
| hinni | Icelandic |
| hins | Icelandic |
| hinu | Icelandic |
| hinum | Icelandic |
| hioX | Icelandic |
| ho | Classical Greek, Greek |
| ho- | Hebrew |
| hoi | Classical Greek, Greek |
| i | Italian |
| ih' | Provençal |
| il | Italian, Provençal/Langue d'oc |
| il- | Maltese |
| in | Friesian |
| it | Friesian |
| ka | Hawaiian |
| kay | Tagalog |
| ke | Hawaiian |
| l' | Catalan, French, Italian, Provençal/Langue d'oc |
| l- | Maltese |
| la | Catalan, Esperanto, French, Italian, Provençal/Langue d'oc, Spanish |
| las | Provençal/Langue d'oc, Spanish |
| le | French, Italian, Provençal/Langue d'oc |
| les | Catalan, French, Provençal/Langue d'oc |
| lh | Provençal/Langue d'oc |
| lhi | Provençal/Langue d'oc |
| li | Provençal/Langue d'oc |
| lis | Provençal/Langue d'oc |
| lo | Italian, Provençal/Langue d'oc, Spanish |
| los | Provençal/Langue d'oc, Spanish |
| lou | Provençal/Langue d'oc |
| lu | Provençal/Langue d'oc |
| mga | Tagalog |
| mga | Tagalog |
| mia | Greek |
| 'n | Afrikaans, Dutch, Friesian |
| na | Gaelic, Hawaiian, Irish |
| na h- | Gaelic, Irish |
| ny | Malagasy |
| 'o | Neapolitan |
| o | Gallegan, Hawaiian, Portuguese, Romanian |
| os | Portuguese |
| 'r | Icelandic |
| 's | German |
| sa | Tagalog |
| sa mga | Tagalog |
| si | Tagalog |
| siná | Tagalog |
| 't | Dutch, Friesian |
| ta | Classical Greek, Greek |
| tais | Classical Greek |
| tas | Classical Greek |
| teT | Classical Greek |
| teT | Classical Greek, Greek |
| teT | Classical Greek, Greek |
| the | English |
| to | Classical Greek, Greek |
| toT | Classical Greek |
| tois | Classical Greek |
| ton | Classical Greek, Greek |
| toT | Classical Greek, Greek |
| tou | Classical Greek, Greek |
| um | Portuguese |
| uma | Portuguese |
| un | Catalan, French, Italian, Provençal/Langue d'oc, Romanian, Spanish |
| un' | Italian |
| una | Catalan, Italian, Provençal/Langue d'oc, Spanish |
| une | French |
| unei | Romanian |
| unha | Gallegan |
| uno | Italian, Provençal/Langue d'oc |
| uns | Portuguese, Provençal/Langue d'oc |
| unui | Romanian |
| us | Provençal/Langue d'oc |
| y | Welsh |
| ye | English |
| yr | Welsh |
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