Why is it die Legasthenie?

Legasthenie ends in -ie, and nouns ending in -ie are feminine: in a German dictionary, 98% of them take die.

All nouns ending in -ie
Sense 1
die

Meaning

[1] Development delay in reading or writing, massive and long -term disruption of the acquisition of the written language

[1] Entwicklungsverzögerung im Lesen oder Schreiben, massive und lang andauernde Störung des Erwerbs der Schriftsprache

Examples

[1] The fact that Markus suffers from dyslexia was only discovered in third grade

[1] Dass Markus an Legasthenie leidet, wurde erst in der dritten Klasse entdeckt.

[1] Dyslexia is a learning disorder comparable to dyscalculia

[1] Legasthenie ist eine der Dyskalkulie vergleichbare Lernstörung.
More source examples (1)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "Dyslexia in itself has a good forecast, in itself, it has a tendency to improve."

[1] „Die Legasthenie hat an sich eine gute Prognose, d.h., sie hat die Tendenz, sich zu bessern.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Legasthenie —
Genitiv der Legasthenie —
Dativ der Legasthenie —
Akkusativ die Legasthenie —

Pronunciation

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