Why is it die Legislative?
Legislative 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 die
Meaning
[1] Legislative violence in state theory In addition to executive (executive violence) and judicial (case law) one of the three independent powers (separation of powers)
[1] gesetzgebende Gewalt; in der Staatstheorie neben Exekutive (ausführende Gewalt) und Judikative (Rechtsprechung) eine der drei unabhängigen Gewalten (Gewaltenteilung)Examples
[1] In Germany, the Bundestag and the Federal Council represents the legislative dare
[1] In Deutschland stellt der Bundestag und der Bundesrat die Legislative dar.
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Legislative | die Legislativen |
| Genitiv | der Legislative | der Legislativen |
| Dativ | der Legislative | den Legislativen |
| Akkusativ | die Legislative | die Legislativen |
Pronunciation
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