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Piraterie

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

Plural
die Piraterien

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Why is it die Piraterie?

Piraterie ends in -ie, and nouns ending in -ie are feminine: in a German dictionary, 98% of them take die.

All nouns ending in -ie
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Meaning

[1] Robbery or blackmail raids on ships

[1] räuberische oder erpresserische Überfälle auf Schiffe

[2] Illegal copying and passing on software, films and music

[2] illegales Kopieren und Weitergeben von Software, Filmen und Musik

Examples

[1] Piracy is still a threat to seafarers today

[1] Für Seeleute ist Piraterie noch heute eine Bedrohung.

[1] "Piracy is becoming more and more a lucrative business"

[1] „Die Piraterie wird mehr und mehr zum lukrativen Geschäft.“
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[2] Piracy costs German software companies many million euros every year

[2] Piraterie kostet deutsche Softwareunternehmen jedes Jahr viele Millionen Euro.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Piraterie die Piraterien
Genitiv der Piraterie der Piraterien
Dativ der Piraterie den Piraterien
Akkusativ die Piraterie die Piraterien

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