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