Why is it die Ache?
Ache ends in -e, and most nouns ending in -e are feminine: in a German dictionary, 79% of them take die.
All nouns ending in -e die
Meaning
[1] Name or name component of flow waters frequently occurred in the southern German -speaking area
[1] im süddeutschen Sprachraum häufig auftretender Name oder Namensbestandteil von FließgewässernExamples
[1] In the Gastein Valley the Gasteiner Acheä flows
[1] Im Gasteinertal fließt die Gasteiner Ache.
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Ache | — |
| Genitiv | der Ache | — |
| Dativ | der Ache | — |
| Akkusativ | die Ache | — |
Pronunciation
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