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The article for

Dohle

die Dohle

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

Plural
die Dohlen

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Why is it die Dohle?

Dohle 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] Zoology: bird species from the genus of ravens and crows

[1] Zoologie: Vogelart aus der Gattung der Raben und Krähen

[2] colloquially, joking: old -fashioned, mostly black hat

[2] umgangssprachlich, scherzhaft: altmodischer, meist schwarzer Hut

Examples

[1] The jacklings like to nest in church towers

[1] Die Dohle nistet gerne in Kirchtürmen.

[2] Take off the jackdaw, you will see terrible

[2] Nimm die Dohle ab, du siehst furchtbar aus.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Dohle die Dohlen
Genitiv der Dohle der Dohlen
Dativ der Dohle den Dohlen
Akkusativ die Dohle die Dohlen

Pronunciation

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