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The article for

Physik

die Physik

Physik is a feminine German noun. Its article is die.

Plural
no plural
English
physics
Level
A2
Topic
Education

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Why is it die Physik?

Physik 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] Natural science: Teaching of the basic laws of nature

[1] Naturwissenschaft: Lehre von den grundlegenden Gesetzen der Natur

[2] Education, science: a subject

[2] Bildung, Naturwissenschaft: ein Unterrichtsfach

Examples

[1] Physics is the most fundamental natural science

[1] Die Physik ist die grundlegendste Naturwissenschaft.

[1] "A Tertian who has just completed the initial reasons for physics hopes to embarrass the postman with his new knowledge"

[1] „Ein Tertianer, der die Anfangsgründe der Physik gerade hinter sich gebracht hat, hofft, mit seinem neuen Wissen den Postboten in Verlegenheit zu bringen.“
More source examples (1)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[2] We will write a work in Physikä tomorrow tomorrow

[2] Wir schreiben morgen eine Arbeit in Physik.

Declension

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

Pronunciation

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