Why is it die Proliferation?
Proliferation ends in -ion, and almost all nouns ending in -ion are feminine: in a German dictionary, 94% of them take die.
All nouns ending in -ion die
Meaning
[1] Medicine: Breakung, Jossung
[1] Medizin: Wucherung, Sprossung[2] Politics: The spreading of weapons of mass destruction
[2] Politik: die Weiterverbreitung von MassenvernichtungswaffenExamples
[1] You have to prevent the ulcer on the proliferation
[1] Man muss das Geschwür an der Proliferation hindern.
[2] The nuclear weapons blocking contract prohibits the proliferation of nuclear weapons
[2] Der Atomwaffensperrvertrag verbietet die Proliferation von Nuklearwaffen.
More source examples (1)
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[2] "Sources of proliferation are often inadequate national export controls or state actors who are specifically with profileration -relevant goods"
[2] „Quellen der Proliferation sind häufig unzureichende nationale Exportkontrollen oder staatliche Akteure, die gezielt mit profilerationsrelevanten Gütern handeln.“
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Proliferation | — |
| Genitiv | der Proliferation | — |
| Dativ | der Proliferation | — |
| Akkusativ | die Proliferation | — |
Pronunciation
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