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Weinkeller

der Weinkeller

Weinkeller is a masculine German noun. Its article is der.

Plural
die Weinkeller

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

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Why is it der Weinkeller?

Weinkeller is a compound noun, and German compounds take the article of their last word: der Keller. So it’s der Weinkeller.

Sense 1
der

Meaning

[1] mostly underground storage room for wine

[1] meist unterirdischer Lagerraum für Wein

Examples

[1] The host brought a Pinot Noir from his wine cellar

[1] Der Wirt holte einen Spätburgunder aus seinem Weinkeller.

[1] "In the cool wine cellar, he showed us very old and extremely valuable wine bottles as a sign of his trust, which were only offered at weddings or baptisms"

[1] „Im kühlen Weinkeller zeigte er uns als Zeichen seines Vertrauens sehr alte und überaus wertvolle Weinflaschen, die nur bei Hochzeiten oder Taufen angeboten wurden.“
More source examples (2)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "In the middle of the wine cellar of the inn" Beautiful Höhe ", the Saxon wine road meets the first rocks of the Elbe Sandstone Mountains"

[1] „Mitten im Weinkeller des Gasthauses »Schöne Höhe« trifft die Sächsische Weinstraße übrigens auf die ersten Felsen des Elbsandsteingebirges.“

[1] "That night they looted the wine cellar in the Archbishop's Palais" "

[1] „In jener Nacht plünderten sie den Weinkeller im Erzbischöflichen Palais.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Weinkeller die Weinkeller
Genitiv des Weinkellers der Weinkeller
Dativ dem Weinkeller den Weinkellern
Akkusativ den Weinkeller die Weinkeller

Pronunciation

In context

[1] Weinkeller in Schöngrabern
[1] Weinkeller in Schöngrabern Wikimedia Commons

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