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The article for

Konfrontation

die Konfrontation

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

Plural
die Konfrontationen

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Why is it die Konfrontation?

Konfrontation 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] Comparison of things, people

[1] Gegenüberstellung von Dingen, Personen

[2] Treatment between parties

[2] Auseinandersetzung zwischen Parteien

Examples

[1] In the confrontation of work of different photographers, the view of the different perspectives (Internet document)

[1] Dabei wird in der Konfrontation von Arbeiten verschiedener Fotografen der Blick auf die unterschiedlichen Perspektiven gelenkt. (Internetbeleg)

[1 or 2] The confrontation between the west and the Islamic world (internet document)

[1 oder 2] Die Konfrontation zwischen dem Westen und der islamischen Welt. (Internetbeleg)
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These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[2] He was looking for the confrontation with his opponent

[2] Er suchte die Konfrontation mit seinem Gegner.

[2] No one can emerge from this confrontation as a winner

[2] Aus dieser Konfrontation kann keiner als Sieger hervorgehen.

[2] "It was the second greater confrontation between Germanic and the Romanian"

[2] „Es war die zweite größere Konfrontation zwischen Germanen und Römern.“

[2] "Kepler and Galileo were by no means at confrontation with the church"

[2] „Kepler und Galilei waren keineswegs auf eine Konfrontation mit der Kirche aus.“

[2] "The SPD in Munich wanted to avoid an open confrontation with state power like in Berlin"

[2] „Eine offene Konfrontation mit der Staatsmacht wie in Berlin wollte die SPD in München vermeiden.“

[1] "Thomas Sendler likes to go out of the way"

[1] „Thomas Sendler geht Konfrontationen gerne aus dem Weg.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Konfrontation die Konfrontationen
Genitiv der Konfrontation der Konfrontationen
Dativ der Konfrontation den Konfrontationen
Akkusativ die Konfrontation die Konfrontationen

Pronunciation

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