noun
harvest, crop
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Noun meaning 'harvest' or 'crop', referring to harvested produce or the harvest season. Feminine (die Ernte). Plural form 'Ernten' (die Ernten). Regular declension. Used for both the act/result of harvesting and the yearly yield; no irregular plural or special prepositions required.
Examples
Der Bauer bemerkte, dass die Ernte in diesem Jahr kleiner war, weil es nur wenig Regen gab.
The farmer noticed that the harvest was smaller this year because there was very little rain.
Die Ernte war in diesem Jahr sehr ertragreich.
The harvest was very bountiful this year.
Die Ernte war dieses Jahr besonders groß.
The harvest was especially large this year.
Details
Mnemonics
Picture farmers gathering golden wheat into bundles at harvest time.
Sounds like 'earn-tuh' — you 'earn' the harvest.
Die Ernte — imagine 'die' as a basket full of crops (feminine).
Notes
Ernte is often used for agricultural harvesting (grain, fruit). It can be a countable noun (Ernten) but is frequently used as an uncountable/mass concept in everyday speech.