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Shire

Shire is a neuter German noun. Its article is das.

Plural
die Shires

Learn the noun together with its article. See the article rules.

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Why is it das Shire?

Shire ends in -e. Most nouns with this ending are feminine (79% take die), but Shire is an exception: das Shire.

The other -e exceptions
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Meaning

[1] largest horse breed in the world

[1] größte Pferderasse der Welt

Examples

[1] Aunt Alma breeds Shiresä

[1] Tante Alma züchtet Shires.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ das Shire die Shires
Genitiv des Shires der Shires
Dativ dem Shire den Shires
Akkusativ das Shire die Shires

Pronunciation

In context

[1] ein Shire
[1] ein Shire Wikimedia Commons

Related nouns

Nouns with the same ending

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