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The article for

Stange

die Stange

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

Plural
die Stangen

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

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Why is it die Stange?

Stange 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
Sense 1
die

Meaning

[1] elongated object mostly made of wood or metal, straight construction element for power transmission

[1] länglicher Gegenstand meist aus Holz oder Metall, gerades Bauelement zur Kraftübertragung

[2] Object in an elongated form

[2] Gegenstand in länglicher Form

[3] Several objects that are packed in the form of [2]

[3] mehrere Gegenstände, die verpackt der Form von [2] ähneln

[4] Kölsch: A special beer glass, the Cologne rod

[4] Kölsch: ein besonderes Bierglas, die Kölner Stange

[5] Switzerland: beer measure

[5] Schweiz: Biermaß

[6] Austria: Posts at football goals

[6] Österreich: Pfosten bei Fußballtoren

[7] Hunter language: The left or right part of the antlers

[7] Jägersprache: der linke oder rechte Teil des Geweihes

[8] Hunter language: The cock of the fox

[8] Jägersprache: der Schwanz des Fuchses

Examples

[1] I still have a few wooden sticks that we can take to support the garage roof

[1] Ich habe noch ein paar Stangen aus Holz, die wir zum Abstützen des Garagendaches nehmen können.

[2] Look, this is a rod dynamite

[2] Schau, das ist eine Stange Dynamit.
More source examples (9)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[2] "Our windows were high and had vertical blacksmiths, but not a cross bar" for safety "

[2] „Unsere Fenster waren hoch und hatten zur Sicherheit senkrechte schmiedeeiserne Stangen, aber keine Querstangen.“

[3] Buy a whole staple

[3] Kauf doch gleich eine ganze Stange.

[3] "As a precaution, he had a rod of Gauloise with acceptance"

[3] „Vorsorglich hatte er eine Stange Gauloises mitgenommen.“

[4] Lord of the landlord another pole!

[4] Herr Wirt! Noch eine Stange!

[5] Bern: Where the beer comes in Stangen and the chocolate summit has

[5] Bern: Wo das Bier in Stangen kommt und die Schokolade Gipfel hat.

[6] The ball went to the staple so often

[6] Der Ball ging so oft an die Stange.

[6] "First Konrad Laimer put a Köpfler just next to the rod (60e), but after all, Berisha was on the spot with a little ball happiness and lush shot from an acute angle with the 1-0."

[6] „Erst setzte Konrad Laimer noch einen Köpfler nach Eckball knapp neben die Stange (60.), schließlich war aber Berisha mit etwas Ballglück und sattem Schuss aus spitzem Winkel mit dem 1:0 zur Stelle.“

[7] The little goat had lost its rods

[7] Der kleine Bock hatte seine Stangen verloren.

[8] And then we only saw his stations

[8] Und dann sahen wir nur noch seine Stange.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Stange die Stangen
Genitiv der Stange der Stangen
Dativ der Stange den Stangen
Akkusativ die Stange die Stangen
Sense 2
das

Meaning

[1] City and Community in Norway

[1] Stadt und Kommune in Norwegen

Examples

[1] Stage is located north of Osloä

[1] Stange liegt nördlich von Oslo.
Grammar note

The article is needed when "rod" in a certain quality, at a certain time or period as a subject or object in the sentence, is otherwise, i.e. usually, no article is used.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ (das) Stange —
Genitiv (des Stange) (des Stanges) Stanges —
Dativ (dem) Stange —
Akkusativ (das) Stange —

Pronunciation

In context

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