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The article for

Asche

die Asche

Asche is a feminine German noun. Its article is die.

Plural
die Aschen

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Why is it die Asche?

Asche 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
Sense 1
die

Meaning

[1] Combustion deficit

[1] Verbrennungsrückstand

[2] Fine -grained expectoration of volcanoes

[2] feinkörniger Auswurf von Vulkanen

[3] colloquially: money

[3] umgangssprachlich: Geld

[4] colloquial, soldier language ex-GDR: National People's Army

[4] umgangssprachlich, soldatensprachlich Ex-DDR: Nationale Volksarmee

Examples

[1] It burned to Ashea

[1] Es verbrannte zu Asche.

[1] "He knocked the ashes out of his pipe and stuffed them again"

[1] „Er klopfte die Asche aus seiner Pfeife und stopfte sie erneut.“
More source examples (5)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] [Dita Kraus, survivors of the Auschwitz concentration camp:] "" The air was full of ashes, like snow from the smoke of the chimneys. ""

[1] [Dita Kraus, Überlebende des Konzentrationslagers Auschwitz:] „»Die Luft war voller Asche, wie Schnee. Vom Rauch der Schornsteine.«“

[1] "I bent myself and threw Herbert a handful of ashes in the face"

[1] „Ich bückte mich und warf Herbert eine Handvoll Asche ins Gesicht.“

[2] The volcano spies ashes and lavia

[2] Der Vulkan spie Asche und Lava.

[3] How much ash do you have

[3] Wie viel Asche hast du dabei?

[4] You were also with the ash

[4] Warst du auch bei der Asche?

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Asche die Aschen
Genitiv der Asche der Aschen
Dativ der Asche den Aschen
Akkusativ die Asche die Aschen

Pronunciation

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