Why is it die Akustik?
Akustik ends in -ik, and almost all nouns ending in -ik are feminine: in a German dictionary, 93% of them take die.
All nouns ending in -ikMeaning
Examples
[1] "In addition to researching and reducing noise, the efforts of the most important applications of acoustics also end up with the effort to create a melodious or to transfer acoustic information"
[1] „Zu den wichtigsten Anwendungen der Akustik gehört neben der Erforschung und Minderung von Lärm auch das Bemühen, einen Wohlklang hervorzurufen oder eine akustische Information zu übertragen.“
[2] The concert hall offers a good acoustic
[2] Der Konzertsaal bietet eine gute Akustik.
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Grammar note
The frequent spelling mistake of "acoustics" with double K (acoustics) is made to words like chord and accusative due to the wrong analogy
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Akustik | die Akustiken |
| Genitiv | der Akustik | der Akustiken |
| Dativ | der Akustik | den Akustiken |
| Akkusativ | die Akustik | die Akustiken |
Pronunciation
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