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The article for

Nelke

die Nelke

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

Plural
die Nelken

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Why is it die Nelke?

Nelke is a flower, and flowers are feminine: die Nelke. Exceptions include der Krokus, der Flieder, and der Mohn.

Flowers
Sense 1
die

Meaning

[1] Botany: narrow -leafed, white up to red violet flowering plant of the genus Dianthus

[1] Botanik: schmalblättrige, weiß bis rotviolett blühende Pflanze der Gattung Dianthus

[2] Spice: strongly fragrant and burning, sharp tasting, dried flower buds of the spice climbing tree (sycygium aromaticum)

[2] Gewürz: stark duftende und brennend scharf schmeckende, getrocknete Blütenknospen des Gewürznelkenbaums (Syzygium aromaticum)

Examples

[1] He was wearing a clove in the buttonhole

[1] Er trug eine Nelke im Knopfloch.

[1] "She was probably attracted by the nelken of the emigrant Wiesenhoff and was now looking for others" "

[1] „Wahrscheinlich war sie von den Nelken des Emigranten Wiesenhoff angelockt worden und suchte nun nach anderen Blumen.“
More source examples (2)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[2] I spike the roast pork with clerk

[2] Ich spicke den Schweinebraten mit Nelken.

[2] "Together they had thirty -eight tons of cloves and five or six tons of nutmeg nuset as well as as well as cinnamon on on the board"

[2] „Zusammen hatten sie achtunddreißig Tonnen Nelken und fünf oder sechs Tonnen Muskatnüsse sowie ebensoviel Zimt an Bord.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Nelke die Nelken
Genitiv der Nelke der Nelken
Dativ der Nelke den Nelken
Akkusativ die Nelke die Nelken

Pronunciation

In context

[1] Steinnelke
[1] Steinnelke Wikimedia Commons
[2] Gewürznelken
[2] Gewürznelken Wikimedia Commons

Related nouns

Nouns with the same ending

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