Why is it der Gardasee?
Gardasee ends in -e. Most nouns with this ending are feminine (79% take die), but Gardasee is an exception: der Gardasee.
The other -e exceptions der
Meaning
Examples
[1] "The Lake Garda was shaped in the past ice age by a side branch of the Etsch Glacier, the traces of which can still be followed today, [. ..]"
[1] „Der Gardasee wurde durch einen Seitenast des Etschgletschers in der vergangenen Eiszeit geformt, dessen Spuren man noch heute verfolgen kann, [...]“
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | der Gardasee | — |
| Genitiv | des Gardasees | — |
| Dativ | dem Gardasee | — |
| Akkusativ | den Gardasee | — |
Pronunciation
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