Why is it die Ponte?
Ponte 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] Rheinisch: Width ferry
[1] rheinisch: breite FähreExamples
[1] "But also the sideways, to which the steel cable of the Ponte (ferry) was previously attached, are still"
[1] „Aber auch die Fährtürme, an denen früher das Stahlseil der Ponte (Fähre) befestigt war, stehen noch.“
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Ponte | die Ponten |
| Genitiv | der Ponte | der Ponten |
| Dativ | der Ponte | den Ponten |
| Akkusativ | die Ponte | die Ponten |
Pronunciation
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