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The article for

Relation

die Relation

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

Plural
die Relationen

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Why is it die Relation?

Relation 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
Sense 1
die

Meaning

[1] Relationship, relationship, ratio, interrelation

[1] Beziehung, Bezug, Verhältnis, Wechselverhältnis

[2] outdated: official report

[2] veraltend: amtlicher Bericht

[3] Mathematics, logic: a lot of couples or tuels of a population, a two- or multi-digit rating

[3] Mathematik, Logik: eine Menge von Paaren oder Tupeln einer Grundgesamtheit, ein zwei- oder mehrstelliges Prädikat

Examples

[1] It remains to be clarified in which relation the cost saving of this new machine is your energy consumption

[1] Es bleibt zu klären, in welcher Relation die Kostenersparnis dieser neuen Maschine zu ihrem Energieverbrauch steht.

[3] The relation ~: "A ~ b, if A is larger or equally B", is a transitive relation on the real numbers

[3] Die Relation ~: „a~b, wenn a größer oder gleich b ist“, ist eine transitive Relation auf den reellen Zahlen.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Relation die Relationen
Genitiv der Relation der Relationen
Dativ der Relation den Relationen
Akkusativ die Relation die Relationen

Pronunciation

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