Why is it die Taxe?
Taxe 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] "According to the Minister of Tourism of the Balearic Islands, Celestí Alomar, the taxes do not grab the holidaymakers"
[1] „Nach Ansicht des Tourismusministers der Balearen, Celestí Alomar, schrecke die Taxe die Urlauber nicht ab.“
[1] "Although he continued to work on his invention, she could not commercially exploited the privilege in 1818 because Madersperger could not pay the necessary taxis"
[1] „Er arbeitete zwar an seiner Erfindung weiter, konnte sie jedoch nicht kommerziell verwerten; das Privileg erlosch 1818, weil Madersperger die erforderlichen Taxen nicht bezahlen konnte.“
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Taxe | die Taxen |
| Genitiv | der Taxe | der Taxen |
| Dativ | der Taxe | den Taxen |
| Akkusativ | die Taxe | die Taxen |
Pronunciation
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