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The article for

Suggestion

die Suggestion

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

Plural
die Suggestionen

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Why is it die Suggestion?

Suggestion 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] Something that is suggested to someone

[1] etwas, das jemandem suggeriert wird

[2] Influence with the aim of arranging the person concerned for the desired behavior

[2] Beeinflussung mit dem Ziel, die betreffende Person zum gewünschten Verhalten zu veranlassen

Examples

[1] The real and last power is the affirmation of negative suggestions, curses, cursing etc. no power, provided that it does not accept and thus become a thinking movement.

[1] Die wirkliche und letzte Macht ist die Bejahung. Negative Suggestionen, Flüche, Verwünschungen etc. verfügen über keinerlei Macht, sofern sie nicht akzeptiert und damit zur eigenen Denkbewegung werden.

[2] "Of course you have to rule out that suggestion in the game Warä"

[2] „Man muss freilich ausschließen, dass dabei Suggestion im Spiel war.“
More source examples (1)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[2] "The sister of speculation is the suggestion: a question assumes facts that are not proven at all, and in this way the interviewees should lead to the black ice" in this way "

[2] „Die Schwester der Spekulation ist die Suggestion: Eine Frage unterstellt Fakten, die gar nicht erwiesen sind, und soll den Interviewten auf diese Weise aufs Glatteis führen.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Suggestion die Suggestionen
Genitiv der Suggestion der Suggestionen
Dativ der Suggestion den Suggestionen
Akkusativ die Suggestion die Suggestionen

Pronunciation

Dictionary entries include material from Wiktionary. Wiktionary