Why is it die Prostitution?
Prostitution 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
[2] Educational, rare: exposure
[2] bildungssprachlich, selten: BloßstellungExamples
[1] A thesis is: Prostitution serves to satisfy sexual fantasy
[1] Eine These lautet: die Prostitution diene der Befriedigung sexueller Fantasien.
[1] "Those who see prostitution as the oldest trade forget that shamanism is at least a few centuries older"
[1] „Diejenigen, die die Prostitution als das älteste Gewerbe ansehen, vergessen, dass der Schamanismus mindestens ein paar Jahrhunderte älter ist.“
More source examples (2)
These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.
[1] "How prostitution felt it, and maybe it was also one" "
[1] „Wie Prostitution kam es ihm vor, und vielleicht war es auch eine.“
[2] "Solve everything on the meal and on top of that prostitution" on top of it "
[2] „so auf einmahl alles verlohren und noch obendrauf die prostitution“
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Prostitution | — |
| Genitiv | der Prostitution | — |
| Dativ | der Prostitution | — |
| Akkusativ | die Prostitution | — |
Pronunciation
Dictionary entries include material from Wiktionary. Wiktionary