Why is it die Pharmaindustrie?
Pharmaindustrie ends in -ie, and nouns ending in -ie are feminine: in a German dictionary, 98% of them take die.
All nouns ending in -ie die
Meaning
[1] Industrial branch that produces medication
[1] Industriezweig, der Medikamente herstelltExamples
[1] The pharmaceutical industry is very influential
[1] Die Pharmaindustrie ist sehr einflussreich.
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Pharmaindustrie | die Pharmaindustrien |
| Genitiv | der Pharmaindustrie | der Pharmaindustrien |
| Dativ | der Pharmaindustrie | den Pharmaindustrien |
| Akkusativ | die Pharmaindustrie | die Pharmaindustrien |
Pronunciation
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