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The article for

Illustration

die Illustration

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

Plural
die Illustrationen

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Why is it die Illustration?

Illustration 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
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Meaning

[1] A visual representation that adds a written description

[1] eine bildliche Darstellung, die eine schriftliche Beschreibung ergänzt

[2] illustration, explanation

[2] Veranschaulichung, Erläuterung

Examples

[1] The many illustrations in the book make reading very entertaining

[1] Die vielen Illustrationen im Buch machen das Lesen sehr kurzweilig.

[1] "In the Catalog of the Merlin publisher, however, over a hundred illustrations, including colored etchings to poems by Charles Bukowskiä"

[1] „In den Katalog des Merlin Verlags gelangten allerdings über hundert Illustrationen, darunter farbige Radierungen zu Gedichten von Charles Bukowski.“
More source examples (2)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "This oriental fairy tale, including the illustrations, will remember his life recently"

[1] „An diese orientalischen Märchen samt dem Illustrationen wird sich Jünger sein Leben lang erinnern.“

[2] I would like to tell a little story for illustration

[2] Zur Illustration möchte ich eine kleine Geschichte erzählen.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Illustration die Illustrationen
Genitiv der Illustration der Illustrationen
Dativ der Illustration den Illustrationen
Akkusativ die Illustration die Illustrationen

Pronunciation

In context

[1] eine Illustration des Colorado in einem Buch
[1] eine Illustration des Colorado in einem Buch Wikimedia Commons

Related nouns

Nouns with the same ending

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