Why is it die Kolik?
Kolik ends in -ik, and almost all nouns ending in -ik are feminine: in a German dictionary, 93% of them take die.
All nouns ending in -ik die
Meaning
Examples
[1] The doctor diagnosed a colic
[1] Der Arzt diagnostizierte eine Kolik.
[1] "He had lost further teeth and kolikenä plagued him week after week"
[1] „Er hatte weitere Zähne verloren, und Woche für Woche plagten ihn Koliken.“
More source examples (1)
These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.
[1] "I had moved out in no time, woke my soldier with penetrating shouting and ordered him to get the surgeon, because I was dying from a colic" "
[1] „Im Handumdrehen war ich ausgezogen, weckte mit durchdringendem Geschrei meinen Soldaten und befahl ihm, den Wundarzt zu holen, denn mir sei von einer Kolik sterbensübel.“
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Kolik | die Koliken |
| Genitiv | der Kolik | der Koliken |
| Dativ | der Kolik | den Koliken |
| Akkusativ | die Kolik | die Koliken |
Pronunciation
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