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The article for

Brache

die Brache

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

Plural
die Brachen

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Why is it die Brache?

Brache ends in -e, and most nouns ending in -e are feminine: in a German dictionary, 79% of them take die.

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Meaning

[1] Agriculture: Unlocked field, field

[1] Landwirtschaft: unbestellter Acker, Feld

[2] Urban development: undeveloped, orphaned piece of land, neglected property

[2] Städtebau: unbebautes, verwaistes Stück Land, verwahrlostes Grundstück

[3] Time period, during which a field is broke a piece of land

[3] Zeitspanne, während der ein Acker, ein Stück Land brach liegt

Examples

[1] The wasteland was torn from the furrows of the plow

[1] Die Brache war durchrissen von den Furchen des Pflugs.

[2] The six hectare wasteland on the nursery property on Friedrich-Ebert-Strasse can be developed

[2] Die sechs Hektar große Brache auf dem Gärtnereigrundstück an der Friedrich-Ebert-Straße kann entwickelt werden.
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[3] During the fallow, the cleared country recovered

[3] Während der Brache erholt sich das gerodete Land.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Brache die Brachen
Genitiv der Brache der Brachen
Dativ der Brache den Brachen
Akkusativ die Brache die Brachen

Pronunciation

In context

[1] landwirtschaftliche Brache
[1] landwirtschaftliche Brache Wikimedia Commons
[2] Bahnbrache
[2] Bahnbrache Wikimedia Commons

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