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Enge

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

Plural
die Engen

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Why is it die Enge?

Enge 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
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Meaning

[1] lack of space

[1] Mangel an Raum

[2] narrow stripes from land or water, passport

[2] schmaler Streifen von Land oder Wasser, Pass

Examples

[1] There was depressing narrow

[1] Es herrschte bedrückende Enge.

[2] The boat had to be led by a narrow

[2] Das Boot musste durch eine Enge geleitet werden.
More source examples (1)

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[2] "But instead the tightness took the tightness from time to time"

[2] „Doch stattdessen nahm die Enge von Mal zu Mal zu.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Enge die Engen
Genitiv der Enge der Engen
Dativ der Enge den Engen
Akkusativ die Enge die Engen

Pronunciation

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