Why is it die Gerte?
Gerte 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 die
Meaning
[1] thin, flexible floor
[1] dünner, biegsamer StockExamples
[1] With the whip he could reach the nest
[1] Mit der Gerte konnte er das Nest erreichen.
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Gerte | die Gerten |
| Genitiv | der Gerte | der Gerten |
| Dativ | der Gerte | den Gerten |
| Akkusativ | die Gerte | die Gerten |
Pronunciation
In context
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