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The article for

Ostsee

die Ostsee

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

Plural
no plural
English
Baltic Sea
Level
A2
Topic
Landscape

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Why is it die Ostsee?

Ostsee ends in -e, and most nouns ending in -e are feminine: in a German dictionary, 79% of them take die.

All nouns ending in -e
Sense 1
die

Meaning

[1] Geography: the sea between Central Europe, Northern Europe and Eastern Europe

[1] Geografie: das Meer zwischen Mitteleuropa, Nordeuropa und Osteuropa

Examples

[1] The Baltic Sea will be warm at late a year

[1] Die Ostsee wird spät im Jahr warm.

[1] We spent our last vacation at the Baltic Sea.

[1] Unseren letzten Urlaub verbrachten wir an der Ostsee.
More source examples (3)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] The campfire on the Baltic Sea erless only in the early morning

[1] Das Lagerfeuer an der Ostsee erlosch erst am frühen Morgen.

[1] "The Recknitz also contributed to the filling of the bodden chain later in the penetration of the Baltic Sea and is still its most important inland influence" [1]

[1] „Die Recknitz trug später beim Vordringen der Ostsee auch zur Füllung der Boddenkette bei und ist auch heute noch ihr bedeutenster Binnenzufluß.“[1]

[1] "There were no sirens and no bombings on the Baltic Sea" [2]

[1] „An der Ostsee gab es keine Sirenen und keine Bomben.“[2]

Declension

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

Pronunciation

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