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Eigenheit

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

Plural
die Eigenheiten
English
quirk, peculiarity, particularity, mannerism

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Why is it die Eigenheit?

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

All nouns ending in -heit
Sense 1
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Meaning

[1] oddity, abnormality that someone or something has

[1] Merkwürdigkeit, Auffälligkeit , die jemand oder etwas aufweist

Examples

[1] He shows strange peculiarities

[1] Er weist sonderbare Eigenheiten auf.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Eigenheit die Eigenheiten
Genitiv der Eigenheit der Eigenheiten
Dativ der Eigenheit den Eigenheiten
Akkusativ die Eigenheit die Eigenheiten

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