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The article for

Metzgerei

die Metzgerei

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

Plural
die Metzgereien
English
butcher, butcher's shop
Level
A1
Topic
Places · Shopping

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Why is it die Metzgerei?

Metzgerei ends in -ei, and almost all nouns ending in -ei are feminine: in a German dictionary, 91% of them take die.

All nouns ending in -ei
Sense 1
die

Meaning

[1] Establishment in which meat and sausage products are produced and sold

[1] Betrieb, in dem Fleisch- und Wurstwaren hergestellt und verkauft werden

Examples

[1] Meat and sausages are best bought in a butcher .

[1] Fleisch und Wurst kauft man am besten in der Metzgerei.

[1] “She also has to go to the Blonski butcher's shop on the other side of the square” [2]

[1] „In die Metzgerei Blonski auf der anderen Seite des Platzes muss sie auch.“[2]

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Metzgerei die Metzgereien
Genitiv der Metzgerei der Metzgereien
Dativ der Metzgerei den Metzgereien
Akkusativ die Metzgerei die Metzgereien

Pronunciation

In context

[1] Metzgerei in Valencia (Spanien)
[1] Metzgerei in Valencia (Spanien) Wikimedia Commons

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