Why is it die Unsterblichkeit?
Unsterblichkeit ends in -keit, and nouns ending in -keit are feminine: in a German dictionary, 100% of them take die.
All nouns ending in -keit die
Meaning
[1] Property not to be able to die
[1] Eigenschaft, nicht sterben zu könnenExamples
[1] If you touch a shining star in this computer game, you can get immortality for a short time
[1] Wenn man in diesem Computerspiel einen leuchtenden Stern berührt, erlangt man für kurze Zeit Unsterblichkeit.
[1] Immortality is the subject of many science fiction Romaneä
[1] Unsterblichkeit ist Thema vieler Science Fiction Romane.
More source examples (1)
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[2] With this gesture of connection, he obtained in this culture of immortality
[2] Mit dieser Geste der Verbundenheit, erlangte er in diesem Kulturkreis Unsterblichkeit.
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Unsterblichkeit | — |
| Genitiv | der Unsterblichkeit | — |
| Dativ | der Unsterblichkeit | — |
| Akkusativ | die Unsterblichkeit | — |
Pronunciation
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