Why is it das Doping?
Doping ends in -ing, and most nouns ending in -ing are neuter: in a German dictionary, 84% of them take das.
All nouns ending in -ing das
Meaning
[1] Sport: Use of unauthorized substances to increase performance
[1] Sport: Anwendung unerlaubter Substanzen zur LeistungssteigerungExamples
[1] In the GDR, doping was apparently at the agenda
[1] In der DDR war Doping anscheinend an der Tagesordnung.
[1] "It would of course be the ideal case that doping does not take place at all, as ideally there should only be good people"
[1] „Es wäre natürlich der Idealfall, dass Doping gar nicht stattfindet, so wie es im Idealfall nur gute Menschen geben sollte.“
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | das Doping | — |
| Genitiv | des Dopings | — |
| Dativ | dem Doping | — |
| Akkusativ | das Doping | — |
Pronunciation
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