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The article for

Schnauze

die Schnauze

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

Plural
die Schnauzen

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Why is it die Schnauze?

Schnauze 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] Preliminary mouth and nose area in animals

[1] vorspringender Maul- und Nasenbereich bei Tieren

[2] Derb: mouth

[2] derb: Mund

[3] Translated: front part of vehicles

[3] übertragen: Vorderteil von Fahrzeugen

Examples

[1] Shepherds have long snouts

[1] Schäferhunde haben lange Schnauzen.

[1] "Around ten meters a full -grown brachylophosaur - from the snout reminiscent of ducks over the skull tanks with a bone plate to the tip of the tail"

[1] „Um die zehn Meter maß ein ausgewachsener Brachylophosaurier – von der an Enten erinnernden Schnauze über den mit einer Knochenplatte gepanzerten Schädel bis zur Schwanzspitze.“
More source examples (4)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "He stood next to the shark, looked up at his snout and patted him with the Man"

[1] „Er stand neben dem Hai, blickte zu seiner Schnauze auf und tätschelte ihn mit der Hand.“

[1] "He licked his snout and seemed to eat"

[1] „Er leckte sich die Schnauze und schien gefressen zu haben.“

[2] Finally hold your snout

[2] Halt endlich deine Schnauze!

[3] The snout of some cars is aggressive

[3] Die Schnauze mancher Autos wirkt aggressiv.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Schnauze die Schnauzen
Genitiv der Schnauze der Schnauzen
Dativ der Schnauze den Schnauzen
Akkusativ die Schnauze die Schnauzen

Pronunciation

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