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The article for

Dürre

die Dürre

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

Plural
die Dürren
English
drought
Level
C1

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Why is it die Dürre?

Dürre 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] Period of the lack of water, which leads to damage in agriculture

[1] Periode des Wassermangels, die zu Schäden in der Landwirtschaft führt

[2] transferred: linguistic powerlessness

[2] übertragen: sprachliche Gehaltlosigkeit

Examples

[1] The drought makes difficult for the country

[1] Die Dürre macht dem Land schwer zu schaffen.

[1] "In deserts, the rain only brings some plants to the lifelong survival by saving water in their stems or roots."

[1] „In Wüsten erweckt erst der Regen einige Pflanzen zum Leben. Andere überleben die Dürre, indem sie Wasser in ihren Stängeln oder Wurzeln speichern.“
More source examples (2)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] And the Lord sent a great drought

[1] Und der Herr schickte eine große Dürre.

[2]

[2]

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Dürre die Dürren
Genitiv der Dürre der Dürren
Dativ der Dürre den Dürren
Akkusativ die Dürre die Dürren

Pronunciation

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