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The article for

Kerbe

die Kerbe

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

Plural
die Kerben

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Why is it die Kerbe?

Kerbe 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] A wedge -shaped deepening

[1] eine keilförmige Vertiefung

[2] Regional for: Kirchweih

[2] regional für: Kirchweih

Examples

[1] To fell a tree with an ax, you should first strike a notch into the trunk

[1] Um einen Baum mit einer Axt zu fällen, sollte man zuerst eine Kerbe in den Stamm schlagen.

[1] "But all real glasses show microscopic notches and missing points"

[1] „Aber alle realen Gläser weisen mikroskopische Kerben und Fehlstellen auf.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Kerbe die Kerben
Genitiv der Kerbe der Kerben
Dativ der Kerbe den Kerben
Akkusativ die Kerbe die Kerben

Pronunciation

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