Words ending in -ei: der, die or das?

die

Words ending in -ei take the article “die”. Of 9 words in the Panderdiedas vocabulary 6 follow the rule – here they all are, exceptions included.

A verb or a person turns into a noun: der Bäcker → die Bäckerei, streiten → die Streiterei. Der Brei and das Blei are not formed that way – there the ei belongs to the stem, and the article does not follow.

67 % – of 9 matching words 6 follow the rule, 3 do not. holds often

Exceptions

  • derBrei
  • dasEi
  • dasRührei

All 6 words that follow the rule

  • dieBäckerei
  • dieBücherei
  • dieKonditorei
  • diePartei
  • diePolizei
  • dieStreiterei

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