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The article for

Begabung

die Begabung

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

Plural
die Begabungen
English
talent, aptitude
Level
C1
Topic
Education

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Why is it die Begabung?

Begabung ends in -ung, and nouns ending in -ung are feminine: in a German dictionary, 99% of them take die.

All nouns ending in -ung
Sense 1
die

Meaning

[1] Above average, special skills

[1] überdurchschnittliche, besondere Fähigkeiten

Examples

[1] He has a special talent for language

[1] Er hat eine besondere Begabung für Sprachen.

[1] "In any case, the balance sheet of all information justifies the assumption that the reason for the early outsider in which Siggi Jä found itself was only to be found in his talent."

[1] „Die Bilanz aller Auskünfte rechtfertigt jedenfalls die Annahme, daß der Grund für das frühe Außenseitertum, in dem Siggi J. sich vorfand, einzig und allein in seiner Begabung zu suchen ist.“
More source examples (2)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "After the war, he served the Munich Reichswehr Command as a training speaker because of his talking talent"

[1] „Nach dem Krieg diente er dem Münchner Reichswehrkommando wegen seiner rednerischen Begabung zunächst als Schulungsredner.“

[1] "He had become an elegant bonvivant and seemed to have a real talent for the management of a hotel"

[1] „Er war ein eleganter Bonvivant geworden und schien eine echte Begabung für die Leitung eines Hotels zu haben.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Begabung die Begabungen
Genitiv der Begabung der Begabungen
Dativ der Begabung den Begabungen
Akkusativ die Begabung die Begabungen

Pronunciation

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