Why is it die Hepatitis?
Hepatitis ends in -itis, and nouns ending in -itis are feminine: in a German dictionary, 100% of them take die.
All nouns ending in -itis die
Meaning
Examples
[1] Classic hepatitis are triggered by viruses
[1] Klassische Hepatitiden werden von Viren ausgelöst.
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Hepatitis | die Hepatitiden |
| Genitiv | der Hepatitis | der Hepatitiden |
| Dativ | der Hepatitis | den Hepatitiden |
| Akkusativ | die Hepatitis | die Hepatitiden |
Pronunciation
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