Why is it die Seemeile?
Seemeile is a compound noun, and German compounds take the article of their last word: die Meile. So it’s die Seemeile.
Meaning
Examples
[1] 5 nautical miles are about 9 kilometers
[1] 5 Seemeilen sind etwa 9 Kilometer.
[1] "An hour later, the rower born made a different ship at a distance of six nautical miles, which controled the western course, so roughly towards them"
[1] „Eine Stunde später machte der Rudergänger backbord voraus in einer Entfernung von sechs Seemeilen ein anderes Schiff aus, das westlichen Kurs steuerte, ihnen also in etwa entgegenkam.“
More source examples (2)
These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.
[1] "At this moment our back ships were two nautical miles behind, and the commodore turned in front of the wind and got it crossing on the other course"
[1] „In diesem Moment lagen unsere hintersten Schiffe zwei Seemeilen zurück, und der Kommodore drehte vor dem Wind und holte kreuzend auf dem anderen Gang auf.“
[1] "U 96 was about 230 nautical miles northeast of the companion, Lehmann-Willenbrock decided to record the persecution and to tire the convoy"
[1] „U 96 war zu diesem Zeitpunkt etwa 230 Seemeilen nordöstlich des Geleitzuges, Lehmann-Willenbrock beschloss, die Verfolgung aufzunehmen und den Konvoi anzugreifen.“
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Seemeile | die Seemeilen |
| Genitiv | der Seemeile | der Seemeilen |
| Dativ | der Seemeile | den Seemeilen |
| Akkusativ | die Seemeile | die Seemeilen |
Pronunciation
Dictionary entries include material from Wiktionary. Wiktionary