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The article for

Avance

die Avance

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

Plural
die Avancen

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Why is it die Avance?

Avance 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] Mostly in the plural: hidden offer (your own cooperation), pandering

[1] meist im Plural: verdecktes Angebot (der eigenen Kooperation), Anbiederung

Examples

[1] The US President perceived the advances from Europe, ignores them

[1] Der US-Präsident nahm die Avancen aus Europa zwar wahr, ignoriert sie aber.

[1] "She liked to take the advances of the good -looking Schumann"

[1] „Sie nahm die Avancen des gutaussehenden Schumann gerne entgegen.“
More source examples (2)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "She had no desire for the advances of one of the regular customers in whom she was not in love"

[1] „Sie hatte keine Lust auf die Avancen eines der Stammkunden, in den sie nicht verliebt war.“

[1] "She would have thought, but better Jochen, the tall friend of Wolfgang, who should take her, who made her advanced, her advances to dinner"

[1] „Sie hätte, denkt sie, doch besser Jochen, den hochgewachsenen Freund von Wolfgang, nehmen sollen, der sie umgarnte, ihr Avancen machte, sie zum Essen einlud.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Avance die Avancen
Genitiv der Avance der Avancen
Dativ der Avance den Avancen
Akkusativ die Avance die Avancen

Pronunciation

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