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The article for

Imagination

die Imagination

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

Plural
die Imaginationen
English
imagination
Topic
Thinking

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Why is it die Imagination?

Imagination 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] Ability to visualize an object, a person or a scene in a vivid and pictorial way.

[1] Fähigkeit, sich einen Gegenstand, eine Person oder eine Szene anschaulich und bildhaft vorzustellen.

[2] Misconception, (intentionally) distorted (internal) representation of a reality

[2] irrige Vorstellung, (absichtlich) verzerrte (innere) Abbildung einer Realität

Examples

[1] The painter shows his extraordinary imagination in the so-called "Blue Series" .

[1] Der Maler zeigt seine außergewöhnliche Imagination in der so genannten „Blauen Reihe“.

[2] He suffers from the imagination of being a prevented artist

[2] Er leidet unter der Imagination ein verhinderter Künstler zu sein.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Imagination die Imaginationen
Genitiv der Imagination der Imaginationen
Dativ der Imagination den Imaginationen
Akkusativ die Imagination die Imaginationen

Pronunciation

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