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The article for

Garbe

die Garbe

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

Plural
die Garben

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Why is it die Garbe?

Garbe 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] Bundled role of grain or hay

[1] zusammengebündelte Rolle von Getreide oder Heu

[2] Quantity of kills in a short time from an automatic weapon

[2] Menge von Abschüssen in kurzer Zeit aus einer automatischen Waffe

[3] Regional: plant, drug and spice caraway seeds

[3] regional: Pflanze, Droge und Gewürz Kümmel

Examples

[1] The golden sheaves gave the fields a strange beauty in summer

[1] Die goldenen Garben verliehen den Feldern eine merkwürdige Schönheit im Sommer.

[2] unsure whether an enemy was lurking behind the door, the soldier fired a short sheaf into it

[2] Unsicher, ob ein Feind hinter der Tür lauere, feuerte der Soldat eine kurze Garbe in sie hinein.
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[3] Season with a garbage

[3] Würze doch mit Garbe.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Garbe die Garben
Genitiv der Garbe der Garben
Dativ der Garbe den Garben
Akkusativ die Garbe die Garben

Pronunciation

In context

[1] Garben auf dem Feld
[1] Garben auf dem Feld Wikimedia Commons

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