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The article for

Satire

die Satire

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

Plural
die Satiren
English
satire
Level
C1

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Why is it die Satire?

Satire 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
Sense 1
die

Meaning

[1] Humorously criticizing spelling or type of text that occurs in various media forms (comic, drama, essay, television program, film, poem, cabaret program, novel, radio broadcast, website and the like)

[1] humorvoll kritisierende Schreibweise oder Textart, die in verschiedensten medialen Formen auftritt (Comic, Drama, Essay, Fernsehsendung, Film, Gedicht, Kabarettprogramm, Roman, Rundfunksendung, Webseite und Ähnliches)

[2] Literary genus of Roman origin

[2] literarische Gattung römischen Ursprungs

[3] Individual artistic work that makes use of the humorously criticizing spelling or belongs to the genus

[3] einzelnes künstlerisches Werk, das von der humorvoll kritisierenden Schreibweise Gebrauch macht oder der Gattung angehört

Examples

[1] Satire often occurs as a means of polemic

[1] Satire tritt häufig als Mittel der Polemik auf.

[2] At the university we had to define the genus "Satire" and with examples of documents

[2] An der Uni mussten wir die Gattung „Satire“ definieren und mit Beispielen belegen.
More source examples (2)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[3] "The satirist, on the other hand, often fights a desperate struggle, in which it remains uncertain whether the object of satire can be influenced at all"

[3] „Der Satiriker hingegen kämpft oft einen verzweifelten Kampf, bei dem ungewiß bleibt, ob sich das Objekt der Satire überhaupt beeinflussen läßt.“

[3] "The end of the satire is funny and tragic at the same time"

[3] „Das Ende der Satire ist komisch und tragisch zugleich.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Satire die Satiren
Genitiv der Satire der Satiren
Dativ der Satire den Satiren
Akkusativ die Satire die Satiren

Pronunciation

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