Is it der, die or das Karotte? – die Karotte (carrot), plural die Karotten

Why is it die Karotte?

Karotte 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] roundish carrot variety that is harvested young (Parisian carrot)

[1] rundliche Möhrensorte, die jung geerntet wird (Pariser Karotte)

[2] regional: the carrot (Daucus carota ssp. sativus) in general

[2] regional: die Möhre (Daucus carota ssp. sativus) allgemein

Examples

[1] Today we have peas and carrots.
[1] Heute gibt's Erbsen und Karotten.

[2] Today we have grated carrots.
[2] Heute gibt es geriebene Karotten.

More source examples (1)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[2] "Next to the beehives, they found a bed of carrots, which were small but still refreshing." [3]
[2] „Sie fanden neben den Bienenkörben ein Beet mit Karotten, die zwar klein waren, aber doch erfrischten.“[3]

Declension

1	Singular	Plural
Nominativ	die Karotte	die Karotten
Genitiv	der Karotte	der Karotten
Dativ	der Karotte	den Karotten
Akkusativ	die Karotte	die Karotten

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Karotte

Why is it die Karotte?

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