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The article for

Inspiration

die Inspiration

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

Plural
die Inspirationen
English
inspiration
Level
C1

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Why is it die Inspiration?

Inspiration 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
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Meaning

[1] Illuminating inspiration, illuminating idea

[1] erhellende Eingebung, erhellender Einfall

[2] Specialized language, medicine: pulling in the air into the lungs

[2] fachsprachlich, Medizin: Einziehen der Luft in die Lunge

Examples

[1] The problem was already working for me long time suddenly I had an inspiration on how it should be solved

[1] Das Problem beschäftigte mich schon lange; plötzlich hatte ich eine Inspiration, wie es zu lösen sein müsste.

[1] "Walter Mehring was a Berlin writer through and through, but he found his best inspiration in Parisä"

[1] „Walter Mehring war ein Berliner Schriftsteller durch und durch, aber seine beste Inspiration fand er in Paris.“
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These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "All inspiration seems to be saved in the years of childhood and being collected as a stock"

[1] „Alle Inspiration scheint in den Jahren der Kindheit aufgespeichert und als Vorrat gesammelt worden zu sein.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Inspiration die Inspirationen
Genitiv der Inspiration der Inspirationen
Dativ der Inspiration den Inspirationen
Akkusativ die Inspiration die Inspirationen

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