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The article for

Grube

die Grube

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

Plural
die Gruben

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Why is it die Grube?

Grube 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] Natural or artificially created deepening in the ground

[1] natürliche oder künstlich angelegte Vertiefung im Erdboden

[2] Bining

[2] Bergwerk

[3] Grave

[3] Grab

[4] Short for: Fäkalien pit

[4] kurz für: Fäkaliengrube

Examples

[1] The Indios build a pit to incorporate tapire

[1] Die Indios bauen eine Grube, um Tapire einzufangen.

[1] "In the Oppidum Manching, more than 100 pits for cereals showed the importance of agriculture outside the city wall" "

[1] „Im Oppidum Manching belegten mehr als 100 Gruben für Getreide die Bedeutung der Landwirtschaft außerhalb der Stadtmauern.“
More source examples (6)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[2] The pit was closed due to repeated water break -ins

[2] Die Grube wurde wegen wiederholter Wassereinbrüche geschlossen.

[2] "She got up at four in the morning when the men went to the pit" "

[2] „Sie stand um vier Uhr früh auf, wenn die Männer in die Grube fuhren.“

[2] "The next day I got down into the pit again, where I eagerly performed a miner's craft for many hours"

[2] „Am nächsten Tage stieg ich wieder in die Grube hinab, wo ich viele Stunden eifrig das Handwerk eines Bergmanns ausübte.“

[2] "They penetrated into the pit"

[2] „Sie drangen in die Grube vor.“

[3] The coffin is lowered into the pit

[3] Der Sarg wird in die Grube herabgelassen.

[4] The pit must be emptied at least once a year

[4] Die Grube muss mindestens einmal im Jahr geleert werden.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Grube die Gruben
Genitiv der Grube der Gruben
Dativ der Grube den Gruben
Akkusativ die Grube die Gruben
Sense 2
das

Meaning

[1] A municipality in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

[1] eine Gemeinde in Schleswig-Holstein, Deutschland

Examples

[1] Grube is located in Germany's north

[1] Grube liegt in Deutschlands Norden.

[1] Grube is located not far from the Baltic Sea

[1] Grube befindet sich unweit der Ostsee.
Grammar note

The article is needed if "pit" of a certain quality, at a certain time or period as a subject or object in the sentence, is otherwise, i.e. usually, no article is used.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ (das) Grube —
Genitiv (des Grube) (des Grubes) Grubes —
Dativ (dem) Grube —
Akkusativ (das) Grube —

Pronunciation

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