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The article for

Elite

die Elite

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

Plural
die Eliten

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Why is it die Elite?

Elite ends in -e, and most nouns ending in -e are feminine: in a German dictionary, 79% of them take die.

All nouns ending in -e
Sense 1
die

Meaning

[1] Small group that has a socially very high position

[1] kleine Gruppe, die eine sozial sehr hohe Stellung hat

Examples

[1] The elites of tomorrow should develop at the German universities

[1] An den deutschen Universitäten sollen sich die Eliten von morgen herausbilden.

[1] "What the elites have dried up should bring the people into the solder"

[1] „Was die Eliten verbockt haben, soll das Volk ins Lot bringen.“
More source examples (3)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] The philosopher Konrad Paul Liessmann has no praise for the elites

[1] Der Philosoph Konrad Paul Liessmann hat kein Lob für die Eliten übrig.

[1] "At least in Austria-Hungary and Russia, the permanent domestic political crisis there seems to have increased the willingness among the elites, to deprive the final mood through the step to the war"

[1] „Zumindest in Österreich-Ungarn und Rußland scheint die dortige innenpolitische Dauerkrise die Bereitschaft unter den Eliten erhöht zu haben, der Endzeitstimmung durch den Schritt zum Krieg zu entkommen.“

[1] "For the exercise of their power, the colonial states were therefore dependent on local elites to which they transferred power and case law"

[1] „Für die Ausübung ihrer Macht waren die Kolonialstaaten daher auf lokale Eliten angewiesen, an die sie Herrschafts- und Rechtsprechungsbefugnisse übertrugen.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Elite die Eliten
Genitiv der Elite der Eliten
Dativ der Elite den Eliten
Akkusativ die Elite die Eliten

Pronunciation

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