Why is it die Staude?
Staude 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 die
Meaning
Examples
[1] Do you already cut the perennials
[1] Hast du schon die Stauden geschnitten?
[1] In botanical determination books, a perennial is often characterized by the ♃ symbol
[1] In botanischen Bestimmungsbüchern wird eine Staude häufig mit dem Symbol ♃ gekennzeichnet.
More source examples (2)
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Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Staude | die Stauden |
| Genitiv | der Staude | der Stauden |
| Dativ | der Staude | den Stauden |
| Akkusativ | die Staude | die Stauden |
Pronunciation
In context
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