Why is it die Reue?
Reue ends in -e, and most nouns ending in -e are feminine: in a German dictionary, 79% of them take die.
All nouns ending in -e die
Meaning
Examples
[1] Fully remorse about his deed, he apologized
[1] Voll Reue über seine Tat, entschuldigte er sich.
[1] "Rees passed it"
[1] „Reue überkam ihn.“
More source examples (3)
These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.
[1] "The moments of the remorse are quite sad"
[1] „Die Augenblicke der Reue sind recht traurig.“
[1] "Only, I had nothing to regret, nothing at all, and so I would have to hypocrite"
[1] „Nur, ich hatte nichts zu bereuen, gar nichts, und ich würde also Reue heucheln müssen.“
[2] He showed active regrets, which means that the punishment could be low
[2] Er zeigte tätige Reue, wodurch die Strafe gering ausfallen konnte.
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Reue | — |
| Genitiv | der Reue | — |
| Dativ | der Reue | — |
| Akkusativ | die Reue | — |
Pronunciation
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