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The article for

Weile

die Weile

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

Plural
no plural

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

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Why is it die Weile?

Weile 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] Time: indefinite, shorter time duration

[1] Zeitangabe: unbestimmte, kürzere Zeitdauer

Examples

[1] This will be going on for a while

[1] Das wird noch eine Weile dauern.

[1] I need to move for a while

[1] Ich brauche noch eine Weile zum Umziehen.
More source examples (2)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "I pushed the phone away and stared at it for a while"

[1] „Ich schob das Telefon weg und starrte es eine Weile an.“

[1] "For a while, the world connects him again with top sport and not with financial worries"

[1] „Für eine Weile bringt ihn die Welt wieder mit Spitzensport in Verbindung und nicht mit finanziellen Sorgen.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Weile —
Genitiv der Weile —
Dativ der Weile —
Akkusativ die Weile —

Pronunciation

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