Why is it die Vision?
Vision 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 die
Meaning
[2] Dream picture, illustrator
[2] Traumbild, Trugbild[3] Desired picture, future draft
[3] Wunschbild, ZukunftsentwurfExamples
[1] Lourdes and Fatima have their origin in visions as a place of pilgrimage
[1] Lourdes und Fatima haben als Wallfahrtsorte ihren Ursprung in Visionen.
[2] Anyone who has visions should go to the doctor (according to Helmut Schmidt)
[2] Wer Visionen hat, sollte zum Arzt gehen. (Sinngemäß nach Helmut Schmidt)
More source examples (2)
These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.
[3] "This tightrope walk in the border area between fantasy and scientifically sound visions has always been fascinated ..."
[3] „Diese Gratwanderung im Grenzgebiet zwischen Phantasterei und wissenschaftlich fundierten Visionen hat seit jeher fasziniert…“
[3] "The blissful vision inspired all his efforts, let him be able to study, travel and qualue heroic"
[3] „Die glückselige Vision beseelte all seine Mühen, ließ ihn Studium, Reisen und Qualen heldenhaft bewältigen.“
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Vision | die Visionen |
| Genitiv | der Vision | der Visionen |
| Dativ | der Vision | den Visionen |
| Akkusativ | die Vision | die Visionen |
Pronunciation
Dictionary entries include material from Wiktionary. Wiktionary