Why is it die Action?
Action ends in -ion, and almost all nouns ending in -ion are feminine: in a German dictionary, 94% of them take die.
All nouns ending in -ion die
Meaning
Examples
[1] "And this eternal jogging is too boring for me, I need more action" "
[1] „Und dieses ewige Joggen ist mir zu langweilig, ich brauche mehr Action.“
[1] "True action would start to Djanet if we cross the desert to the west towards the ancient Oasenstadt Tamanrasset"
[1] „Die wahre Action würde nach Djanet beginnen, wenn wir die Wüste nach Westen in Richtung der uralten Oasenstadt Tamanrasset durchquerten.“
More source examples (2)
These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.
[2] With you there is a real action
[2] Bei euch ist ja richtig Action.
[3] A class action before the court was raised against the hotel chain yesterday
[3] Gegen die Hotelkette wurde gestern eine Class Action vor dem Gericht erhoben.
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Action | — |
| Genitiv | der Action | — |
| Dativ | der Action | — |
| Akkusativ | die Action | — |
Pronunciation
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