Why is it die Etappe?
Etappe 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 die
Meaning
Examples
[1] "Actually, Reinhold Messner had broken up into the death zone for the final stage alone, without rope, without a tent, without provisions he wanted to go back to the summit and as quickly as possible"
[1] „Eigentlich war Reinhold Messner allein zur finalen Etappe in die Todeszone aufgebrochen, ohne Seil, ohne Zelt, ohne Proviant; er wollte zum Gipfel und so schnell wie möglich wieder zurück.“
[1] The beginner had to give up on the last stage of the race
[1] Auf der letzten Etappe des Rennens musste der Anfänger aufgeben.
More source examples (2)
These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.
[1] "On the other day, our bus tour begins, which will lead us in several stages to the south of Iceland and back again"
[1] „Am anderen Tag beginnt unsere Bustour, die uns in mehreren Etappen in den Süden Islands und wieder zurück führen wird.“
[2] "Schlump thought of what he had promised to his mother and decided to disappear as soon as possible into the stage"
[2] „Schlump dachte an das, was er seiner Mutter versprochen hatte, und nahm sich vor, sobald als möglich in die Etappe zu verschwinden.“
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Etappe | die Etappen |
| Genitiv | der Etappe | der Etappen |
| Dativ | der Etappe | den Etappen |
| Akkusativ | die Etappe | die Etappen |
Pronunciation
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