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The article for

Fontäne

die Fontäne

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

Plural
die Fontänen
English
fountain
Topic
Garden

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Why is it die Fontäne?

Fontäne 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] Through pressure from the ground, the earth squeezed water column

[1] durch Druck aus dem Boden, der Erde gepresste Wassersäule

[2] Plant (often well or pond) with artificially generated water column

[2] Anlage (oft Brunnen oder Teich) mit künstlich erzeugter Wassersäule

Examples

[1] Many geysers encounter fountains

[1] Viele Geysire stoßen Fontänen aus.

[1] "In the airs, the seabirds circled with shrill, but far outside stood the fountain of a Walfische" [2]

[1] „In den Lüften kreisten die Seevögel mit schrillen Rufen, weit draußen aber stand die Fontäne eines Walfisches.“[2]
More source examples (2)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "Blood shoots out of the shoulder in a fountain" [3]

[1] „Blut schießt in einer Fontäne aus der Schulter heraus.“[3]

[2] In many parks there is impressive fountain

[2] In vielen Parks gibt es eindrucksvolle Fontänen.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Fontäne die Fontänen
Genitiv der Fontäne der Fontänen
Dativ der Fontäne den Fontänen
Akkusativ die Fontäne die Fontänen

Pronunciation

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