Why is it das Mountainbike?
Mountainbike ends in -e. Most nouns with this ending are feminine (79% take die), but Mountainbike is an exception: das Mountainbike.
The other -e exceptionsMeaning
[1] Robust, off -road bike
[1] robustes, geländegängiges FahrradExamples
On sunny days he drives through the mountain with his mountain bike
[1] An sonnigen Tagen fährt er mit seinem Mountainbike durch die Berge.
[1] "I heard about it, and in the summer months I watch couples on their mountain bikes, heavily packed with tents and food"
[1] „Ich habe davon gehört, und in den Sommermonaten beobachte ich Paare auf ihren Mountainbikes, schwer bepackt mit Zelten und Nahrung.“
More source examples (1)
These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.
[1] "According to the young Indian Cowboy manner, they are often traveling with their mountain bike, whereby they explore this after the turning area near the previous demarcation line, which is still reinforced in some places"
[1] „Nach jungentypischer Indianer-Cowboy-Manier sind sie oft mit ihrem Mountainbike unterwegs, wobei sie das nach der Wende undurchdringliche Gelände nahe der früheren Demarkationslinie erforschen, die an einigen Stellen noch immer stacheldrahtbewehrt ist.“
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | das Mountainbike | die Mountainbikes |
| Genitiv | des Mountainbikes | der Mountainbikes |
| Dativ | dem Mountainbike | den Mountainbikes |
| Akkusativ | das Mountainbike | die Mountainbikes |
Pronunciation
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