Why is it die Elektrotechnik?
Elektrotechnik 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] Engineering science that deals with the technical application of electricity
[1] Ingenieurwissenschaft, die sich mit der technischen Anwendung der Elektrizität befasstExamples
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Elektrotechnik | — |
| Genitiv | der Elektrotechnik | — |
| Dativ | der Elektrotechnik | — |
| Akkusativ | die Elektrotechnik | — |
Pronunciation
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