Why is it die Ratio?
Ratio ends in -o, but that ending doesn’t settle the article: in a German dictionary, 45% of -o nouns take das, 43% take der, and 11% take die. So learn it with its article: die Ratio.
Which endings you can rely on die
Meaning
Examples
[1] "But the scientific ratio was not the decisive factor"
[1] „Doch die wissenschaftliche Ratio war nicht das Entscheidende.“
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Ratio | — |
| Genitiv | der Ratio | — |
| Dativ | der Ratio | — |
| Akkusativ | die Ratio | — |
Pronunciation
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