Why is it die Gegnerschaft?
Gegnerschaft ends in -schaft, and almost all nouns ending in -schaft are feminine: in a German dictionary, 95% of them take die.
All nouns ending in -schaft die
Meaning
[1] Inner attitude to be against something
[1] innere Haltung, gegen etwas zu seinExamples
[1] "The reason for his attitude was unconditional opposition to the hated tsarism in which the SPD pure despotism Sahä"
[1] „Der Grund für seine Haltung war unbedingte Gegnerschaft zum verhassten Zarismus, in dem die SPD reinen Despotismus sah.“
[1] "In almost open opponents you had separated"
[1] „In beinahe offener Gegnerschaft hatte man sich getrennt.“
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Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Gegnerschaft | die Gegnerschaften |
| Genitiv | der Gegnerschaft | der Gegnerschaften |
| Dativ | der Gegnerschaft | den Gegnerschaften |
| Akkusativ | die Gegnerschaft | die Gegnerschaften |
Pronunciation
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