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Gratulation

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

Plural
die Gratulationen
English
congratulations
Level
B1

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Why is it die Gratulation?

Gratulation 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
Sense 1
die

Meaning

[1] Expression of recognition or joy about something positive in another person

[1] Äußerung der Anerkennung oder Freude über etwas Positives bei einer anderen Person

Examples

[1] Many congratulations went one

[1] Viele Gratulationen gingen ein.

[1] "In the middle of the congratulations and hugs, Charles comes in somewhat embarrassed, and that solves another wave of congratulations"

[1] „Inmitten der Gratulationen und Umarmungen kommt Charles etwas verlegen herein, und das löst eine weitere Welle von Glückwünschen aus.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Gratulation die Gratulationen
Genitiv der Gratulation der Gratulationen
Dativ der Gratulation den Gratulationen
Akkusativ die Gratulation die Gratulationen

Pronunciation

In context

[1] Gratulation
[1] Gratulation Wikimedia Commons

Related nouns

Nouns with the same ending

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