Why is it die Zwinge?
Zwinge 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] "The open time is several minutes, but the workpieces should best be pressed together with compulsion" "
[1] „Die offene Zeit ist mehrere Minuten lang, die Werkstücke sollten jedoch am besten 24 Stunden mit Zwingen zusammengepresst werden.“
[2] "He fixed Hallows and his people with his eyes, but his hands were intensely concerned with the copper congestion of his crutch"
[2] „Mit den Augen fixierte er Hallows und seine Leute, aber seine Hände waren intensiv mit der kupfernen Zwinge seiner Krücke beschäftigt.“
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Zwinge | die Zwingen |
| Genitiv | der Zwinge | der Zwingen |
| Dativ | der Zwinge | den Zwingen |
| Akkusativ | die Zwinge | die Zwingen |
Pronunciation
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