Why is it die Performance?
Performance 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 action, performance or performance
[1] künstlerische Aktion, Darbietung oder AufführungExamples
[1] That was a great performance
[1] Das war eine tolle Performance.
[1, 2] This performance did not convince Ivanka
[1, 2] Diese Performance überzeugte Ivanka nicht.
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Performance | die Performances |
| Genitiv | der Performance | der Performances |
| Dativ | der Performance | den Performances |
| Akkusativ | die Performance | die Performances |
Pronunciation
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