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The article for

Gemahlin

die Gemahlin

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

Plural
die Gemahlinnen

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Why is it die Gemahlin?

Gemahlin 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
Sense 1
die

Meaning

[1] Lifted: female person with whom someone is married

[1] gehoben: weibliche Person, mit der jemand verheiratet ist

Examples

[1] Please greet your wife's wife

[1] Grüßen Sie bitte Ihre Frau Gemahlin.

[1] "During this conversation, Dai-an appeared with the report that the wife of the neighboring younger Mr. HWA had asked the Lord to meet the Lord"

[1] „Während dieses Gespräches erschien Dai-an mit der Meldung, die Gemahlin des benachbarten jüngeren Herrn Hwa habe durch Boten den Herrn zu einer Besprechung zu sich gebeten.“
More source examples (1)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "The wife of King Philipp's Vä, who came from Parma, had intrigue spun, the Brischi needed to leave the farm after the Marqués de la Enseneda had fallen in favor."

[1] „Die Gemahlin König Philipps V., die aus Parma stammte, hatte Intrigen gesponnen, die Brischi nötigten, den Hof zu verlassen, nachdem der Marqués de la Enseneda in Ungnade gefallen war.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Gemahlin die Gemahlinnen
Genitiv der Gemahlin der Gemahlinnen
Dativ der Gemahlin den Gemahlinnen
Akkusativ die Gemahlin die Gemahlinnen

Pronunciation

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