Why is it die Mechatronik?

Mechatronik ends in -ik, and almost all nouns ending in -ik are feminine: in a German dictionary, 93% of them take die.

All nouns ending in -ik
Sense 1
die

Meaning

[1] Interdisciplinary engineering, consisting of mechanical engineering, electrical engineering and computer science

[1] interdisziplinäre Ingenieurwissenschaft, bestehend aus Maschinenbau, Elektrotechnik und Informatik

Examples

[1] "The field of mechatronics research and develops classic and new mechatronic drives in conjunction with the mechatronic systems into which these drives are integrated"

[1] „Das Fachgebiet Mechatronik erforscht und entwickelt klassische und neuartige mechatronische Antriebe im Verbund mit den mechatronischen Systemen in die diese Antriebe integriert werden.“

[1] He studies mechatronics in the 2nd semester.

[1] Er studiert Mechatronik im 2. Semester.

Declension

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

Pronunciation

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