Why is it die Lunge?
Lunge 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
Examples
[1] Smoking the lungs is harmful
[1] Rauchen schadet der Lunge.
[1] "To strengthen his lungs a little, he went to the swimming pool, first alone, then with the school class" "
[1] „Um seine Lungen ein wenig zu kräftigen, ging er ins Schwimmbad, zuerst alleine, dann mit der Schulklasse.“
More source examples (2)
These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.
[1] "His lungs glowed and he felt nothing" "
[1] „Seine Lungen glühten, und er spürte nichts.“
[1] "The whales have a technique to almost completely empty their lungs and to let them collapse"
[1] „Die Wale verfügen über eine Technik, ihre Lunge fast vollständig zu entleeren und sie kollabieren zu lassen.“
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Lunge | die Lungen |
| Genitiv | der Lunge | der Lungen |
| Dativ | der Lunge | den Lungen |
| Akkusativ | die Lunge | die Lungen |
Pronunciation
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