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The article for

Sparkasse

die Sparkasse

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

Plural
die Sparkassen
English
savings bank
Topic
Finance · Places

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Why is it die Sparkasse?

Sparkasse 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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Meaning

[1] Credit institution, almost always publicly owned (municipality, district ...)

[1] Kreditinstitut, fast immer in öffentlicher Trägerschaft (Kommune, Landkreis…)

Examples

[1] "The 54 Baden-Württemberg savings banks coped well with the first half of 2009 despite the difficult environment ." [1]

[1] „Die 54 baden-württembergischen Sparkassen haben das erste Halbjahr 2009 trotz des schwierigen Umfelds gut bewältigt.“[1]

[1] "In Germany, the three-pillar model made up of private banks, credit unions and savings banks has proven to be robust ." [2]

[1] „In Deutschland habe sich das Dreisäulenmodell aus Privatbanken, Kreditgenossenschaften und Sparkassen als robust erwiesen.“[2]
More source examples (1)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "The man who heads one of the most successful business schools in Germany could also work in the controlling department of a savings bank." [3]

[1] „Der Mann, der eine der erfolgreichsten Wirtschaftshochschulen Deutschlands leitet, könnte auch im Controlling einer Sparkasse arbeiten.“[3]

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Sparkasse die Sparkassen
Genitiv der Sparkasse der Sparkassen
Dativ der Sparkasse den Sparkassen
Akkusativ die Sparkasse die Sparkassen

Pronunciation

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