Why is it die Beliebtheit?
Beliebtheit ends in -heit, and nouns ending in -heit are feminine: in a German dictionary, 99% of them take die.
All nouns ending in -heit die
Meaning
[1] Property to be popular
[1] Eigenschaft, beliebt zu seinExamples
Due to its popularity, his class chose him as a class speaker
[1] Aufgrund seiner Beliebtheit wählte seine Klasse ihn zum Klassensprecher.
[1] "In current surveys, the popularity of Berlin politicians is only in Zehnen"
[1] „In aktuellen Umfragen liegt er in der Beliebtheit der Berlin-Politiker nur noch auf Rang zehn.“
More source examples (1)
These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.
[1] "However, the artist's regional popularity did not get from the south to the capital city"
[1] „Die regionale Beliebtheit des Künstlers gelangte jedoch nicht aus dem Süden in die Hauptstadt.“
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Beliebtheit | — |
| Genitiv | der Beliebtheit | — |
| Dativ | der Beliebtheit | — |
| Akkusativ | die Beliebtheit | — |
Pronunciation
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