Why is it die Mandoline?

Mandoline is a compound noun, and German compounds take the article of their last word: die Doline. So it’s die Mandoline.

Sense 1
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Meaning

[1] Music: plucking instrument from the family of the sounds

[1] Musik: Zupfinstrument aus der Familie der Lauten

Examples

[1] The mandolin has its origin in Italy

[1] Ihren Ursprung hat die Mandoline in Italien.

[1] "He wishes a mandoline" "

[1] „Er wünscht sich eine Mandoline.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Mandoline die Mandolinen
Genitiv der Mandoline der Mandolinen
Dativ der Mandoline den Mandolinen
Akkusativ die Mandoline die Mandolinen

Pronunciation

In context

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