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The article for

Amphibie

die Amphibie

Amphibie is a feminine German noun. Its article is die.

Plural
die Amphibien

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Why is it die Amphibie?

Amphibie ends in -ie, and nouns ending in -ie are feminine: in a German dictionary, 98% of them take die.

All nouns ending in -ie
Sense 1
die

Meaning

[1] Zoology: Animal from the AMPHIBIA class, which in the course of life and the year inhabits both aquatic and terrestrial habitats

[1] Zoologie: Tier aus der Klasse Amphibia, das im Lebens- und Jahresverlauf sowohl aquatische, wie terrestrische Lebensräume bewohnt

Examples

[1] Amphibia are only missing in the arid zones of the earth

[1] Amphibien fehlen nur in den ariden Zonen der Erde.

[1] The earth toad is the most common amphibia in Germany

[1] Die Erdkröte ist die am häufigsten anzutreffende Amphibie in Deutschland.
More source examples (1)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "Amphibia basically have the same problems in Finland"

[1] „Amphibien haben im Grunde in Finnland die gleichen Probleme.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Amphibie die Amphibien
Genitiv der Amphibie der Amphibien
Dativ der Amphibie den Amphibien
Akkusativ die Amphibie die Amphibien

Pronunciation

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