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The article for

Gatte

der Gatte

Gatte is a masculine German noun. Its article is der.

Plural
die Gatten

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Why is it der Gatte?

Gatte ends in -e. Most nouns with this ending are feminine (79% take die), but Gatte is an exception: der Gatte.

The other -e exceptions
Sense 1
der

Meaning

[1] The husband

[1] der Ehemann

[2] Plural: The spouses

[2] Plural: die Eheleute

Examples

[1] Your husband is three years older than you

[1] Ihr Gatte ist drei Jahre älter als sie.

[1] "From the 1st July, half of everything that the husband acquires during the marriage automatically flows into the spouse in his handbag."

[1] „Ab 1. Juli fließt die Hälfte von all dem, was der Gatte während der Ehe erwirbt, automatisch dem Ehepartner in die Handtasche.“
More source examples (2)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "The husband of the young woman was a weaver like his two friends" "

[1] „Der Gatte der jungen Frau war ein Weber, wie seine beiden Freunde.“

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Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Gatte die Gatten
Genitiv des Gatten der Gatten
Dativ dem Gatten den Gatten
Akkusativ den Gatten die Gatten

Pronunciation

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