Why is it die Muße?
Muße 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
Examples
[1] Everyday life often leaves us little leisure
[1] Der Alltag lässt uns oft wenig Muße.
[1] "The leisure loses, like all the good things in the world, immediately the appeal when it is forced to us"
[1] „Die Muße verliert, wie alle guten Dinge dieser Welt, sogleich den Reiz, wenn sie uns aufgenötigt wird.“
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Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Muße | — |
| Genitiv | der Muße | — |
| Dativ | der Muße | — |
| Akkusativ | die Muße | — |
Pronunciation
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