Why is it die Matinee?
Matinee 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] Artistic event that takes place in the morning
[1] künstlerische Veranstaltung, die vormittags stattfindetExamples
[1] The matinee was visited by many interested parties
[1] Die Matinee wurde von vielen Interessenten besucht.
[1] "During the rehearsal break, in which they satisfied the greed for smoke and eating, Almuth briefly went to the Matinee" "
[1] „Während der Probenpause, in der sie Rauchgier und Essverlangen befriedigten, ging Almuth kurz auf die Matinee ein.“
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Matinee | die Matineen |
| Genitiv | der Matinee | der Matineen |
| Dativ | der Matinee | den Matineen |
| Akkusativ | die Matinee | die Matineen |
Pronunciation
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