Why is it die Reibe?
Reibe 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] Kitchen utensil for chopping food such as vegetables, cheese or bread
[1] Küchengerät, um Nahrungsmittel wie Gemüse, Käse oder Brot zu zerkleinernExamples
[1] He used the grater to chop the cucumbers for the cucumber salad
[1] Mit der Reibe zerkleinerte er die Gurken für den Gurkensalat.
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Reibe | die Reiben |
| Genitiv | der Reibe | der Reiben |
| Dativ | der Reibe | den Reiben |
| Akkusativ | die Reibe | die Reiben |
Pronunciation
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