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The article for

Adobe

der Adobe

Adobe is a masculine German noun. Its article is der.

Plural
die Adobes

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Why is it der Adobe?

Adobe ends in -e. Most nouns with this ending are feminine (79% take die), but Adobe is an exception: der Adobe.

The other -e exceptions
Sense 1
der

Meaning

[1] Architecture: not burned, but air -dried brick made of clay

[1] Architektur: nicht gebrannter, sondern luftgetrockneter Ziegel aus Lehm

Examples

[1] "For the exterior walls from Adobes, the smaller, careful houses of about 5 x 5 m floor space with around 1,500 adobes are expected."

[1] „Für die Außenwände aus Adobes rechnet man bei den kleineren, einräumigen Häusern von etwa 5 x 5 m Grundfläche mit rund 1.500 Adobes.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Adobe die Adobes
Genitiv des Adobe der Adobes
Dativ dem Adobe den Adobes
Akkusativ den Adobe die Adobes

Pronunciation

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