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The article for

Falte

die Falte

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

Plural
die Falten

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Why is it die Falte?

Falte 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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die

Meaning

[1] elongated bump in levels, smooth surfaces, especially for textile fabrics, paper, skin and the like

[1] längliche Unebenheit in ebenen, glatten Oberflächen insbesondere bei textilen Stoffen, Papier, Haut und Ähnlichem

Examples

[1] He already has many wrinkles in the face

[1] Er hat schon viele Falten im Gesicht.

[1] I have to iron the blouse again, on the collar there are even little small folds

[1] Ich muss die Bluse noch einmal bügeln, am Kragen sind noch lauter kleine Falten.
More source examples (1)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "She wore nothing underneath, and her nipples pushed through the light fabric and let him fall in two narrow, protruding folds to the hem" "

[1] „Sie trug nichts darunter, und ihre Brustwarzen stießen spitz durch den leichten Stoff und ließen ihn in zwei schmalen, abstehenden Falten bis zum Saum fallen.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Falte die Falten
Genitiv der Falte der Falten
Dativ der Falte den Falten
Akkusativ die Falte die Falten

Pronunciation

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