Why is it die March?

No ending, compound or meaning rule gives away the article of March, so learn the two together: die March.

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Meaning

[1] Geography: The left, tributaries of the Danube, which run in Moravia

[1] Geografie: der linke, in Mähren verlaufende, Nebenfluss der Donau

Examples

[1] On vacation we have at the March Gangeltä

[1] Im Urlaub haben wir an der March geangelt.

[1] "The Viadonau has the dams along the March and Thaya as well as on the feeder streams of Weidenbach, Sulzbach, everyone's Bach and Zaya General renovation"

[1] „Die viadonau hat die Dämme entlang der March und Thaya sowie an den Zubringer-Bächen Weidenbach, Sulzbach, Jedenspeigen-Bach und Zaya generalsaniert.“
More source examples (2)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "For many years the iron curtain along the rivers March and Thaya separated the Weinviertel and Moravia"

[1] „Viele Jahre lang trennte der Eiserne Vorhang entlang der Flüsse March und Thaya das Weinviertel und Mähren.“

[1] "Several thousand people fled the March from Czechoslovakia to Austria at the time of communism"

[1] „Mehrere tausend Menschen flohen zur Zeit des Kommunismus über die March aus der Tschechoslowakei nach Österreich.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die March —
Genitiv der March —
Dativ der March —
Akkusativ die March —

Pronunciation

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