Why is it die Lohe?
Lohe 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↗ Meaning
[1] Octed: blazing embers, flame
[1] veraltet: lodernde Glut, Flamme [2] In land designations: forest, grove, wood, wood, bushes, Niederwald, swamp meadow, bushland, wetland
[2] in Flurbezeichnungen: Wald, Hain, Holz, Gehölz, Gebüsch, Niederwald, Sumpfwiese, Buschland, Feuchtgebiet Examples
[1] The Lohe was far to see that night
[1] Die Lohe war in der Nacht weit zu sehen.
[1] "A Lohe is called, unimportant desires hit him"
[1] „Eine Lohe heißen, unbezwinglichen Begehrens schlug in ihm hoch.“
Declension
| 1 |
Singular |
Plural |
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| Nominativ |
die Lohe |
die Lohen |
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| Genitiv |
der Lohe |
der Lohen |
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| Dativ |
der Lohe |
den Lohen |
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| Akkusativ |
die Lohe |
die Lohen |
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