Why is it die Korporation?
Korporation 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 die
Meaning
[1] Association of people who are organized as a uniform whole
[1] Vereinigung von Personen, die als einheitliches Ganzes organisiert sind[2] Association of current and former students of a university or university
[2] Vereinigung von derzeitigen und ehemaligen Studenten einer Universität oder HochschuleExamples
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[2] For the time being, however, it was difficult for him to loosen from the corporation "
[2] „Vorerst aber fiel es ihm schwer, sich von der Korporation zu lösen.“
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Korporation | die Korporationen |
| Genitiv | der Korporation | der Korporationen |
| Dativ | der Korporation | den Korporationen |
| Akkusativ | die Korporation | die Korporationen |
Pronunciation
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