Why is it die Latrine?
Latrine ends in -ine, and almost all nouns ending in -ine are feminine: in a German dictionary, 93% of them take die.
All nouns ending in -ine die
Meaning
Examples
[1] Unfortunately I have to clean the latrine this week
[1] Leider muss ich diese Woche die Latrine putzen.
[1] "After the meal I apologized and asked for the latest" "
[1] „Nach dem Essen entschuldigte ich mich und fragte nach der Latrine.“
More source examples (3)
These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.
[1] "Instead, he decided to go to the latrine to go"
[1] „Stattdessen entschied er sich, auf die Latrine zu gehen.“
[1] "We were standing at the latrine when they passed"
[1] „Wir standen gerade bei der Latrine, als sie vorübergingen.“
[1] "He now knew the latrine to find"
[1] „Er wußte jetzt die Latrine zu finden.“
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Latrine | die Latrinen |
| Genitiv | der Latrine | der Latrinen |
| Dativ | der Latrine | den Latrinen |
| Akkusativ | die Latrine | die Latrinen |
Pronunciation
In context
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