Why is it die Bohrmaschine?
Bohrmaschine ends in -ine, and almost all nouns ending in -ine are feminine: in a German dictionary, 93% of them take die.
All nouns ending in -ine die
Meaning
Examples
[1] With a drill you can make holes for dowels
[1] Mit einer Bohrmaschine kann man Löcher für Dübel machen.
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Bohrmaschine | die Bohrmaschinen |
| Genitiv | der Bohrmaschine | der Bohrmaschinen |
| Dativ | der Bohrmaschine | den Bohrmaschinen |
| Akkusativ | die Bohrmaschine | die Bohrmaschinen |
Pronunciation
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