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Reißleine

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

Plural
die Reißleinen

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Why is it die Reißleine?

Reißleine ends in -ine, and almost all nouns ending in -ine are feminine: in a German dictionary, 93% of them take die.

All nouns ending in -ine
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die

Meaning

[1] Parachute jumping: cord that frees a parachute from his shell during train

[1] Fallschirmspringen: Schnur, die bei Zug einen Fallschirm aus seiner Hülle befreit

Examples

[1] "Before parachuting jumpers pull the ripcord shortly after the jump so that their parachute can develop [sicande], enjoy the condition of the free case [...]"

[1] „Bevor Fallschirmspringer kurz nach dem Absprung die Reißleine ziehen, damit sich ihr Fallschirm entfaltet [sic!] kann, genießen sie den Zustand des freien Falls […]“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Reißleine die Reißleinen
Genitiv der Reißleine der Reißleinen
Dativ der Reißleine den Reißleinen
Akkusativ die Reißleine die Reißleinen

Pronunciation

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