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The article for

Liege

die Liege

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

Plural
die Liegen

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Why is it die Liege?

Liege 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] flat piece of furniture on which you can lie and rest

[1] flaches Möbelstück, auf dem man liegen und ruhen kann

Examples

[1] The couch could not hold its weight and broke one

[1] Die Liege konnte sein Gewicht nicht halten und brach ein.

[1] "For a short time, a Finn with couch moved to Mirä"

[1] „Kurzzeitig zog eine Finnin mit Liege zu mir.“
More source examples (1)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "The fact that his wife had eyed him suspiciously from her couch was as well as her wrapped clearing of the clearance" "

[1] „Dass seine Frau ihn dabei mißtrauisch von ihrer Liege aus beäugt hatte, war ihm ebenso wie ihr tadelndes Räuspern entgangen.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Liege die Liegen
Genitiv der Liege der Liegen
Dativ der Liege den Liegen
Akkusativ die Liege die Liegen

Pronunciation

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