German noun endings

-ade

Nouns ending in -ade are almost always die.

German does not build these — the words arrived whole.The words came from French.

Examples

  • die Limonade
  • die Marmelade
  • die Schokolade
  • die Parade
  • die Fassade
  • die Olympiade

Plural

  • die Limonade die Limonaden

One exception

A person in -ade is der: der Nomade.

  • der Nomade

Endings that take die