Why is it die Seuche?
Seuche 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] "Only 145 people have died according to the current state of knowledge at the disease"
[1] „Nur 145 Menschen sind nach derzeitigem Kenntnisstand an der Seuche gestorben.“
[1] "The consequences of a large plague, the large parts of the population decimated, as well as the idea of the Markomanna overshadowed his principate"
[1] „Die Folgen einer großen Seuche, die weite Bevölkerungsteile dezimierte, sowie der Einfall der Markomannen überschatteten sein Principat.“
More source examples (2)
These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.
[1] "Spring like that there was hardly any: brought up by the trains of the refugees or the winner, favored by the bitter circumstances and perhaps also from the premature warmth, swimming epidemics float the land" "
[1] „Ein Frühling, wie es kaum einen gab: Von den Zügen der Flüchtlinge oder der Sieger herangetragen, von den bitteren Umständen und vielleicht auch von der vorzeitigen Wärme begünstigt, überschwemmen Seuchen das Land.“
[1] "Diseases broke in many camps"
[1] „In vielen Lagern brachen Seuchen aus.“
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Seuche | die Seuchen |
| Genitiv | der Seuche | der Seuchen |
| Dativ | der Seuche | den Seuchen |
| Akkusativ | die Seuche | die Seuchen |
Pronunciation
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