Genitiv
In dieser Straße findet man berühmte Gebäude des alten Berlin.
In the sentence above, Why there's no "s" after Berlin?
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Because the "s" is already included in the article "des". You could say "... Gebäude Berlins" but since it is specified with "alten" you have to use the definite article.
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Schau mal hier:
http://hypermedia.ids-mannheim.de/call/public/fragen.ansicht?v_kat=&v_id=4789 - Im Abschnitt: Geographische Namen in einer Nominalphrase mit Artikel (fast am Ende).
Und hier:
https://books.google.ch/books?id=j3G9BQAAQBAJ&pg=PA382&lpg=PA382&dq=Genitiv+Berlin+Berlins&source=bl&ots=mYGTiOP0g-&sig=Sfg7YajrqpJ1S4LR8UpomuogILw&hl=de&sa=X&ei=eDn8VMmmPMrtO9H7gNgF&ved=0CDUQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=Genitiv%20Berlin%20Berlins&f=false - am Ende des Artikels 1.2
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