Why is it die Destination?
Destination ends in -ion, and almost all nouns ending in -ion are feminine: in a German dictionary, 94% of them take die.
All nouns ending in -ion die
Meaning
[1] Flight system: destination airport, destination/destination of a trip
[1] Flugwesen: Zielflughafen, Bestimmungsort/Zielort einer Reise[2] Educational language: determination, final purpose
[2] bildungssprachlich: Bestimmung, EndzweckExamples
[1] He drove to destinations within Germany with the Autoä
[1] Zu Destinationen innerhalb Deutschlands fuhr er mit dem Auto.
[1] If it is possible to keep the number of guests, it is of great use, because the destination can better divide the fixed costs
[1] Gelingt es, dann die Anzahl der Gäste zu halten, nützt das viel, weil die Destination so die Fixkosten besser aufteilen kann.
More source examples (2)
These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.
[2] Your destination was to make your child surviving
[2] Ihre Destination war es, ihr Kind überlebensfähig zu machen.
[2] »… let others act for us, that would be our destination…«
[2] »… Andere für uns handeln lassen, das wäre unsre Destination. …«
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Destination | die Destinationen |
| Genitiv | der Destination | der Destinationen |
| Dativ | der Destination | den Destinationen |
| Akkusativ | die Destination | die Destinationen |
Pronunciation
Dictionary entries include material from Wiktionary. Wiktionary