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The article for

Schneelawine

die Schneelawine

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

Plural
die Schneelawinen

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Why is it die Schneelawine?

Schneelawine is a compound noun, and German compounds take the article of their last word: die Lawine. So it’s die Schneelawine.

Sense 1
die

Meaning

[1] Snow mass that races as an avalanche to valley

[1] Schneemasse, die als Lawine zu Tal rast

Examples

[1] "Yes and not too long ago there had been a very bad storm up there that had brought many snow avalanches"

[1] „Ja und vor nicht allzu langer Zeit hatte es dort oben einen ganz schlimmen Sturm gegeben, der viele Schneelawinen gebracht hatte.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Schneelawine die Schneelawinen
Genitiv der Schneelawine der Schneelawinen
Dativ der Schneelawine den Schneelawinen
Akkusativ die Schneelawine die Schneelawinen

Pronunciation

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