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Eselsbrücke

die Eselsbrücke

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

Plural
die Eselsbrücken

Learn the noun together with its article. See the article rules.

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Why is it die Eselsbrücke?

Eselsbrücke is a compound noun, and German compounds take the article of their last word: die Brücke. So it’s die Eselsbrücke.

Sense 1
die

Meaning

[1] colloquially: help, short saying to be able to remember a little better

[1] umgangssprachlich: Hilfe, kurzer Spruch, um sich etwas besser merken zu können

Examples

[1] A donkey bridge that can be used to remember the order of the guitar strings is: An old lady goes shopping today (e-a-d-g-h-e)

[1] Eine Eselsbrücke, mit der man sich die Reihenfolge der Gitarrensaiten merken kann, lautet: Eine alte Dame geht heute einkaufen. (E-A-D-G-H-E)

[1] The directions are no longer mixed up with the donkey bridge: never without a soap washing (north-east-south-west)

[1] Die Himmelsrichtungen bringt man nicht mehr durcheinander mit der Eselsbrücke: Nie ohne Seife waschen! (Nord-Ost-Süd-West)
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These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "Although I continued to feel disgust and fainting before the tricky signs, I did my best to get closer to them over donkey bridges"

[1] „Zwar verspürte ich weiterhin Abscheu und Ohnmacht vor den tückischen Zeichen, tat aber mein Bestes, ihnen über Eselsbrücken näherzukommen.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Eselsbrücke die Eselsbrücken
Genitiv der Eselsbrücke der Eselsbrücken
Dativ der Eselsbrücke den Eselsbrücken
Akkusativ die Eselsbrücke die Eselsbrücken

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