Why is it die Extension?
Extension 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] Philosophy, concept logic: The scope of the meaning (s) of a term dealer the expansion of the significance
[1] Philosophie, Begriffslogik: der Umfang der Bedeutung(en) eines Begriffes; die Ausdehnung des Signifikats[3] Cosmetics: Artificial extension of the head hair
[3] Kosmetik: künstliche Verlängerung der Kopfbehaarung[4] Computer science: The amount of all examples that a concept fulfills
[4] Informatik: die Menge aller Beispiele, die ein Konzept erfüllt[5] EDP: The functional suffix of a file name (ÄtXTäie .exe; .jpeg…)
[5] EDV: das funktionale Suffix eines Dateinamens (.txt; .exe; .jpeg …)Examples
[1] The extension of the term “man” is the entirety of all human people
[1] Der Extension des Begriffes „Mensch“ ist die Gesamtheit von allen Menschen.
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Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Extension | die Extensionen |
| Genitiv | der Extension | der Extensionen |
| Dativ | der Extension | den Extensionen |
| Akkusativ | die Extension | die Extensionen |
Pronunciation
Dictionary entries include material from Wiktionary. Wiktionary