Why is it die Vase?
Vase 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] I fell down the vase
[1] Mir ist die Vase heruntergefallen.
[1] There are valuable vases from different epochs
[1] Auf dem Kaminsims stehen wertvolle Vasen aus verschiedenen Epochen.
More source examples (1)
These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.
[1] "Once it was a reinforced vase"
[1] „Einmal war es um eine umgestoßene Vase gegangen.“
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Vase | die Vasen |
| Genitiv | der Vase | der Vasen |
| Dativ | der Vase | den Vasen |
| Akkusativ | die Vase | die Vasen |
Pronunciation
In context
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