Why is it die Chronik?
Chronik 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 -ik die
Meaning
[1] Historical, historical representation
[1] geschichtliche, historische DarstellungExamples
[1] In the chronicle, events of history are told
[1] In der Chronik werden Ereignisse der Geschichte erzählt.
[1] "A medieval chronicle reports, as the prince in the cities of his kingdom builds places of worship and establishes municipalities"
[1] „Eine mittelalterliche Chronik berichtet, wie der Fürst in den Städten seines Reiches Gotteshäuser errichten und Gemeinden gründen lässt.“
More source examples (3)
These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.
[1] "He initially fended off when the landlord brought him the chronicle but then he took it and added the summer in which he was appointed to his first professorship"
[1] „Er wehrte zunächst ab, als ihm der Wirt die Chronik brachte; doch dann nahm er sie doch und schlug den Sommer nach, in dem er auf seine erste Professur berufen worden war.“
[1] "Not even annals and chronicles were held"
[1] „Es wurden nicht einmal Annalen und Chroniken festgehalten.“
[1] "The chronicles are inventive"
[1] „Die Chroniken sind erfindungsreich.“
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Chronik | die Chroniken |
| Genitiv | der Chronik | der Chroniken |
| Dativ | der Chronik | den Chroniken |
| Akkusativ | die Chronik | die Chroniken |
Pronunciation
Dictionary entries include material from Wiktionary. Wiktionary