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The article for

Sorte

die Sorte

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

Plural
die Sorten

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Why is it die Sorte?

Sorte 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
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die

Meaning

[1] type within a larger genus that has uniform features and thereby differs from other types of genus

[1] Art innerhalb einer größeren Gattung, die einheitliche Merkmale aufweist und sich dadurch von anderen Arten der Gattung unterscheidet

[1a] Botany: breeding form

[1a] Botanik: Zuchtform

Examples

[1] He was not someone of the variety that is slightly impressed

[1] Er war nicht jemand von der Sorte, die sich leicht beeindrucken lässt.

[1a] This variety is easy to use with other types of rose crosses

[1a] Diese Sorte lässt sich leicht mit anderen Rosensorten kreuzen.
More source examples (1)

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[2] While foreign exchange can also be bank balance, varieties are coins and notes

[2] Während Devisen auch Bankguthaben sein können, sind Sorten Münzen und Scheine.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Sorte die Sorten
Genitiv der Sorte der Sorten
Dativ der Sorte den Sorten
Akkusativ die Sorte die Sorten

Pronunciation

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