Why is it die Fruchtbarkeit?
Fruchtbarkeit ends in -keit, and nouns ending in -keit are feminine: in a German dictionary, 100% of them take die.
All nouns ending in -keit die
Meaning
[1] ability to produce continuing plants, to be profitable, to produce a lot
[1] Fähigkeit, sich fortzupflanzen; Eigenschaft, ertragreich zu sein, viel hervorzubringenExamples
[1] "There are also indications, so the doctor is that constant stress has a negative impact on the fertility of men"
[1] „Außerdem gebe es Hinweise, so der Mediziner, dass sich andauernder Stress negativ auf die Fruchtbarkeit von Männern auswirke.“
[1] "Annie Francé-Harrar was a biologist and her research focus was fertility of soil" "
[1] „Annie Francé-Harrar war Biologin und ihr Forschungsschwerpunkt war Fruchtbarkeit von Böden.“
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Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Fruchtbarkeit | — |
| Genitiv | der Fruchtbarkeit | — |
| Dativ | der Fruchtbarkeit | — |
| Akkusativ | die Fruchtbarkeit | — |
Pronunciation
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