Why is it die Gattin?
Gattin ends in -in, and most nouns ending in -in are feminine: in a German dictionary, 88% of them take die.
All nouns ending in -in die
Meaning
Examples
[1] Last year she became his wife
[1] Letztes Jahr wurde sie seine Gattin.
[1] "The captain seems to have not rated his faithless wife, who will soon get married to her lover"
[1] „Der Kapitän scheint seine treulose Gattin, die demnächst ihren Liebhaber heiraten wird, nicht allzu hoch bewertet zu haben.“
More source examples (3)
These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.
[1] "As I said, I only learned that the proud Manuela my wife Warä"
[1] „Ich hatte, wie gesagt, erst damals erfahren, daß die stolze Manuela meine Gattin war.“
[1] "Only gradually did high -ranking officials enforce that they were allowed to take their wives with them"
[1] „Erst nach und nach setzten hochrangige Funktionäre durch, dass sie ihre Gattinnen mitnehmen durften.“
[1] "And his wife danced with each of the workers"
[1] „Und seine Gattin tanzte mit jedem der Arbeiter.“
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Gattin | die Gattinnen |
| Genitiv | der Gattin | der Gattinnen |
| Dativ | der Gattin | den Gattinnen |
| Akkusativ | die Gattin | die Gattinnen |
Pronunciation
Dictionary entries include material from Wiktionary. Wiktionary