Why is it die Kampagne?

Kampagne ends in -e, and most nouns ending in -e are feminine: in a German dictionary, 79% of them take die.

All nouns ending in -e
Sense 1
die

Meaning

[1] Octed: campaign

[1] veraltet: Feldzug

[2] Action for or against something or someone, usually briefly

[2] Aktion für oder gegen etwas oder jemanden, meist kurzzeitig

[3] Phase in which a certain activity is intensively operated

[3] Phase, in der eine bestimmte Aktivität intensiv betrieben wird

Examples

[1] Goethe reports on the campaign in France

[1] Goethe berichtet über die Kampagne in Frankreich.

[2] Certain goods are often advertised in targeted campaigns

[2] Bestimmte Waren werden oft in gezielten Kampagnen beworben.
More source examples (1)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[3] Carnival is celebrated every year in a multi -month campaign

[3] Karneval wird jedes Jahr in einer mehrmonatigen Kampagne gefeiert.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Kampagne die Kampagnen
Genitiv der Kampagne der Kampagnen
Dativ der Kampagne den Kampagnen
Akkusativ die Kampagne die Kampagnen

Pronunciation

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