Why is it die Beere?
Beere ends in -e, and most nouns ending in -e are feminine: in a German dictionary, 79% of them take die.
All nouns ending in -eMeaning
[1] Small fruit with sweet (lich) em pulp and without stone core
[1] kleine Frucht mit süß(lich)em Fruchtfleisch und ohne Steinkern[2] Botany: fruit (no collective fruit), in which the seeds lie directly in the pulp
[2] Botanik: Frucht (keine Sammelfrucht), bei der die Samen direkt im Fruchtfleisch liegenExamples
[1] Bears like to eat berry
[1] Bären fressen gerne Beeren.
[1] "We didn't have much provisions with us, although we had taken a little out of the fishing hut and found plenty of berries on the side of the path"
[1] „Wir hatten nicht viel Proviant dabei, obwohl wir ein wenig aus der Fischerhütte mitgenommen hatten und reichlich Beeren am Wegesrand fanden.“
More source examples (2)
These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.
[2] The genus Citrus wears thick -shell berry
[2] Die Gattung Citrus trägt dickschalige Beeren.
[1, 2] "The entirety of all berries on the comb is the grape"
[1, 2] „Die Gesamtheit aller Beeren am Kamm ist die Traube.“
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Beere | die Beeren |
| Genitiv | der Beere | der Beeren |
| Dativ | der Beere | den Beeren |
| Akkusativ | die Beere | die Beeren |
Pronunciation
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