Why is it die Ilse?
Ilse 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] Female first name
[1] weiblicher VornameExamples
[1] Ilse is educator
[1] Ilse ist Erzieherin.
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | (die) Ilse | die Ilsen | ||||
| Genitiv | (der Ilse) Ilses | der Ilsen | ||||
| Dativ | (der) Ilse | den Ilsen | ||||
| Akkusativ | (die) Ilse | die Ilsen | ||||
| siehe auch: Grammatik der deutschen Namen | ||||||
die
Meaning
[1] River in the Harz, in Germany, Saxony-Anhalt and Lower Saxony
[1] Fluss im Harz, in Deutschland, Sachsen-Anhalt und Niedersachsen[2] Course flow of the Lahn
[2] Nebenfluss der LahnExamples
[1] The Ilse rises on the Brockenä
[1] Die Ilse entspringt am Brocken.
[1] I am the princess Ilse,
[1] Ich bin die Prinzessin Ilse,
More source examples (4)
These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Ilse | — |
| Genitiv | der Ilse | — |
| Dativ | der Ilse | — |
| Akkusativ | die Ilse | — |
Meaning
Examples
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Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | Ilse | — |
| Genitiv | Ilses | — |
| Dativ | Ilse | — |
| Akkusativ | Ilse | — |
Pronunciation
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