Why is it die Pleiße?
Pleiße 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 die
Meaning
[1] Geography: River in Saxony and Thuringia, Germany, right tributary of the White Elster
[1] Geografie: Fluss in Sachsen und Thüringen, Deutschland, rechter Nebenfluss der Weißen ElsterExamples
[1] "The Pleiße has its source southwest of Zwickau in Lichtenanne, Ebersbrunn district, in the three-linden fountain (formerly Alboldsbrunnen) Ä"
[1] „Die Pleiße hat ihre Quelle südwestlich von Zwickau in Lichtentanne, Ortsteil Ebersbrunn, im Drei-Linden-Brunnen (früher Alboldsbrunnen).“
[1] We crossed the Pleißeä
[1] Wir überquerten die Pleiße.
More source examples (1)
These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.
[1] The children tried to Baden in the Pleisse
[1] Die Kinder versuchten, in der Pleiße zu baden.
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Pleiße | — |
| Genitiv | der Pleiße | — |
| Dativ | der Pleiße | — |
| Akkusativ | die Pleiße | — |
Pronunciation
In context
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