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Anklage

die Anklage

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

Plural
die Anklagen
English
charge, prosecution
Level
C1
Topic
Law

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Why is it die Anklage?

Anklage ends in -age, and almost all nouns ending in -age are feminine: in a German dictionary, 90% of them take die.

All nouns ending in -age
Sense 1
die

Meaning

[1] Law: Application for law enforcement

[1] Recht: Antrag auf Strafverfolgung

[2] accusation of a person to have done something bad

[2] Beschuldigung einer Person, etwas Schlimmes getan zu haben

Examples

[1] The public prosecutor's office is now filing charges for coercion

[1] Die Staatsanwaltschaft erhebt nun Anklage wegen Nötigung.

Despite the many suspects, there were only two cases of charges

[1] Trotz der vielen Tatverdächtigen kam es nur in zwei Fällen zu Anklagen.
More source examples (3)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "Helena could not be discouraged, she continued to claim that Sarale was an important witness to the indictment"

[1] „Helena ließ sich nicht entmutigen, sie behauptete weiterhin, Sarale sei eine wichtige Zeugin der Anklage.“

[2] In his book he formulates a bitter charges against the public broadcasting institution

[2] In seinem Buch formuliert er eine bittere Anklage gegen die öffentlich rechtlichen Sendeanstalten.

[2] "It is an indictment, a settlement with colonialism and racism"

[2] „Es ist eine Anklage, eine Abrechnung mit Kolonialismus und Rassismus.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Anklage die Anklagen
Genitiv der Anklage der Anklagen
Dativ der Anklage den Anklagen
Akkusativ die Anklage die Anklagen

Pronunciation

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